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Locality Name:
Mare Fecunditatis, The Moon


mindat Locality ID: 232119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mare Fecunditatis, The Moon": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Luna 16 Landing Site

Latitude: 0°-40'-59"N
Longitude: 56°17'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.68305555555556,56.299444444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au Ba Ca Cd Fe In Mg Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBaryteCopperCorundumFeldsparIronMolybdeniteNoneOlivinePyroxene
ScheeliteSpinelWurtziteZirconolite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Antimony  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Celestine  (*)
Clinoenstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Indium  (*)Iron  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Platinum  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Tin  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tungsten  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11160571036
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1116057363
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611160572060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111605711547
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11160571252
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6111605794
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11160571188
Gold  (*)CopperAu111605730554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1116057717
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311160575433
Indium  (*)NoneIn11160579
Iron  (*)IronFe11160571089
Lead  (*)CopperPb1116057192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111605714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211160575800
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61116057303
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1116057485
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11160574894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11160575186
Tin  (*)NoneSn111605763
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11160571044
Tungsten  (*)IronW111605723
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O71116057140



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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