Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Luna 16 Landing Site, Mare Fecunditatis, The Moon

mindat Locality ID: 57386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luna 16 Landing Site, Mare Fecunditatis, The Moon": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°-40'-59"N
Longitude: 56°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.68305555555556,56.299722222222

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.

Arsenic	Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene
Scheelite	Spinel	Wurtzite	Zirconolite

Anorthite ()*	Antimony ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Celestine ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Indium ()*	Iron ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Platinum ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Tin ()*
Troilite ()*	Tungsten ()*	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 Au Ba Ca Cd Fe In Mg Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Ca Cd Fe In Mg Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti W Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Baryte Copper Corundum Feldspar Iron Molybdenite None Olivine Pyroxene
Scheelite Spinel Wurtzite Zirconolite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	363
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	94
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Indium ()*	None	In	9
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Tin ()*	None	Sn	63
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W	23
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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