Garnet: First Occurrence in the Lunar Rocks
- 4 September 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 169 (3949) , 981-982
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3949.981
Abstract
Three grains of almandine-rich garnet isolated from lunar sample 12021 have the composition Alm 70.7 Gro 25.0 Sp 2.7 Pyr 1.6 , with cell edge of 11.624 angstroms and refractive index of 1.81. The garnet probably formed late in the crystallization sequence.Keywords
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