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Locality Name:
Descartes Highlands, The Moon


mindat Locality ID: 232345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Descartes Highlands, The Moon": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

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

Latitude: 8°58'23"S
Longitude: 15°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.9730555555556,15.5
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: Al Ca Cl Cr Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CeriteCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparNoneOlivinePseudobrookitePyroxeneRutile
Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Armalcolite  (*)Augite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Farringtonite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O111605163
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11160511036
Armalcolite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5111605139
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611160512060
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21116051453
Farringtonite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)211160517
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11160511188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311160515433
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61116051303
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211160515614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1116051374
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411160511934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1116051703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11160511044
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO41116051120
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61116051104


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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