Morphology and composition of chalcopyrite, chromite, Cu, Ni-Fe, pentlandite, and troilite in vugs of 76015 and 76215.
Abstract
Vugs from 76015 and 76215 are lined with euhedral crystals of plagioclase, pyroxene, ilmenite, Ni-Fe, and troilite. Smaller crystals of chromite, pentlandite, and chalcopyrite occur on the surface of the troilite in 76015. Wire Cu and dendritic-metallic Cu occurs with metallic Ni-Fe and troilite in some vugs of 76215. Troilite in both samples may have crystallized from an immiscible sulfide liquid. With falling temperature, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite may have exsolved from the troilite in 76015. By contrast, metallic Cu may have formed in 76215 by thermal breakdown of a bornite, troilite, and Ni-Fe assemblage which originally crystallized from a low-Ni immiscible sulfide liquid.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975LPSC....6..719C
- Keywords:
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- Cavities;
- Crystal Structure;
- Lunar Composition;
- Lunar Rocks;
- Mineralogy;
- Chromites;
- Copper;
- Iron Alloys;
- Nickel Alloys;
- Pyrites;
- Textures;
- Troilite;
- Vapor Phases;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration