Mineral compositions in pristine lunar highland rocks and the diversity of highland magmatism

Michael G. Bersch; G. Jeffrey Taylor; Klaus Keil; Marc D. Norman

doi:10.1029/91GL02540

Mineral compositions in pristine lunar highland rocks and the diversity of highland magmatism

Michael G. Bersch^*, G. Jeffrey Taylor, Klaus Keil, Marc D. Norman

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High precision electron microprobe analyses of olivine and pyroxene in pristine lunar highland rocks confirm the dichotomy between ferroan anorthosites and the Mg‐suite. Ferroan‐anorthosites plot as coherent trends, consistent with formation in a complex global magma system. Lack of coherent compositional trends in the Mg‐suite rocks indicates derivation from numerous magmas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2085-2088
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/91GL02540
Publication status	Published - Nov 1991
Externally published	Yes

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