Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Apollo 17 Landing Site, Taurus-Littrow Valley, The Moon

mindat Locality ID: 64704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apollo 17 Landing Site, Taurus-Littrow Valley, The Moon": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°19'0"N
Longitude: 31°16'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.316666666667,31.283055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Baddeleyite	Braunite	Cerite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Iron	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Thortveitite	Zirconolite

Anorthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Merrillite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxferroite ()*	Rutile ()*	Tranquillityite ()*	Troilite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Fe Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Braunite Cerite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Iron None Olivine Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Thortveitite Zirconolite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	39
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Thortveitite	Y₂Si₂O₇	13
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Pyroxferroite ()*	None	Fe²⁺SiO₃	17
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Tranquillityite ()*	Braunite	Fe²⁺₈Ti₃Zr₂Si₃O₂₄	17
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	120
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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