The high-Al (around 28 wt %), silica-poor (around 45 wt %) (HASP) feldspathic glasses of Apollo 16 are widely regarded as the evaporative residues of impacts in the lunar regolith (1-3). By virtue of their small size, apparent homogeneity, and high inferred formation temperatures, the HASP glasses appear to be good samples in which to study fractionation processes that may accompany open system evaporation. Calculations suggest that HASP glasses with present-day Al2O3 concentrations of up to 40 wt% may have lost 19 wt% of their original masses, calculated as the oxides of iron and silicon, via evaporation (4). We report Mg and Si isotope abundances in 10 HASP glasses and 2 impact-glass spherules from a 64-105 m grain-size fraction taken from Apollo 16 soil sample 61241.


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    Title :

    Magnesium and Silicon Isotopes in HASP Glasses from Apollo 16 Lunar Soil 61241


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    Publication date :

    2012


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    2 pages


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    Report


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    Language :

    English




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