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Locality Name:
Luna 24 Landing Site, Mare Crisium, The Moon

mindat Locality ID: 7798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luna 24 Landing Site, Mare Crisium, The Moon": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°42'52"N
Longitude: 62°12'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.714444444444,62.212777777778

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Iron	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Spinel	Wurtzite	Zirconolite

Acanthite ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerium ()*
Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eskolaite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Halite ()*
Hapkeite ()*	Indium ()*	Iron ()*	Magnesite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Nickel ()*	Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tin ()*	Troilite ()*	Tungsten ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Zinc ()*	Zincite ()*	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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Na Nb Ni O P S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Na Nb Ni O P S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Baddeleyite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Copper Coronadite Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Iron Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrochlore Pyroxene
Rocksalt Spinel Wurtzite Zirconolite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	63
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerium ()*	None	Ce	2
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	26
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	30
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hapkeite ()*	None	Fe₂Si	2
Indium ()*	None	In	9
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	57
Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca₂Nb₂O₆O	11
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Tin ()*	None	Sn	63
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W	23
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	120
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	52
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	98
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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