Email this article Tantalo–Niobate from the Apollo-17 Regolith
- Authors: Mokhov A.V.1, Kartashov P.M.1, Rybchuk A.P.1, Gornostaeva T.A.1, Bogatikov O.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
- Issue: Vol 478, No 1 (2018)
- Pages: 112-114
- Section: Geochemistry
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1028-334X/article/view/192045
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X18010245
- ID: 192045
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Abstract
Particles of tantalo–niobate of the ferrotantalite-manganotantalite series are discovered for the first time in two lunar regolith fragments delivered by the Apollo-17 mission. Allochtonous and autochtonous mineralization that accompanies tantalo–niobate in the regolith is described. An attempt is made to explain the formation of tantalite in anorthosites of the continental region of the Moon.
About the authors
A. V. Mokhov
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
Author for correspondence.
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
P. M. Kartashov
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
A. P. Rybchuk
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
T. A. Gornostaeva
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
O. A. Bogatikov
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
Email: avm8okhov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
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