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Locality Name:
Palus Putredinis, Mare Imbrium, The Moon


mindat Locality ID: 283426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palus Putredinis, Mare Imbrium, The Moon": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Apollo 15 Landing Site Area

Latitude: 26°26'0"N
Longitude: 3°39'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.433333333333,3.655
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 Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteCeriteCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparIronNonePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSpinelTridymiteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Niningerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Stishovite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11160628803
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21116061238
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21116061453
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41116062157
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61116062944
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311160615433
Iron  (*)IronFe11160621089
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS111606228
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22116061,11606261156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1116062374
Stishovite  (*)RutileSiO2111606126
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21116061458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11160621044
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61116061104
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11160615251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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