Pyroxferroite: Stability and X-ray Crystallography of Synthetic Ca 0.15 Fe 0.85 SiO 3 Pyroxenoid
- 17 April 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 168 (3929), 364-367
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.168.3929.364
Abstract
Synthetic Ca0.15Fe0.85SiO3 pyroxenoid has the same (pyroxmangite) structure and very nearly the same composition as pyroxferroite, a new mineral found in Apollo 11 lunar samples. The synthetic material is not stable below pressures of approximately 10 kilobars. It appears likely that the lunar pyroxferroite has persisted in a metastable state for some billions of years.Keywords
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