Quantitative Mineralogy of Planetary Silicate Ternary Mixtures Using Raman Spectroscopy
Earth and Space Science, 2023 A 532‐nm‐excited lunar Raman spectrometer (LRS) has been selected as a scientific payload of the Chang'e‐7 mission, exploring mineralogy assemblages in the lunar south polar region.
Xiaobin Qi +7 more
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ON THE EVOLUTION OF DUST MINERALOGY, FROM PROTOPLANETARY DISKS TO PLANETARY SYSTEMS [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal, 2011 Mineralogical studies of silicate features emitted by dust grains in protoplanetary disks and Solar System bodies can shed light on the progress of planet formation. The significant fraction of crystalline material in comets, chondritic meteorites and interplanetary dust particles indicates a modification of the almost completely amorphous ISM dust ...
Johan Olofsson +2 more
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Modal mineralogy of planetary surfaces from visible and near-infrared spectral data [PDF]
2010 2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing, 2010 Real planetary surfaces are composed of several to many different minerals and ices. Deconvolving a reflectance spectrum to material abundance in an unambiguous way is difficult, because the spectra are complex nonlinear functions of grain size, abundance, and material opacity.
F Poulet +2 more
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Asteroid sample return missions are critical for understanding our Solar System [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsStudying asteroids addresses a number of unknowns in planetary science. Investigating them makes use of asteroidal meteorites, remote observations and space-based missions.
Helena Bates
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American Mineralogist, 2021 Abstract The classification and nomenclature of mineral species is regulated by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association (IMACNMNC). This mineral species classification is necessary for Earth Sciences, as minerals constitute most planetary and interstellar materials ...
Frédéric Hatert +2 more
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Comparative planetary mineralogy: Valence state partitioning of Cr, Fe, Ti, and V among crystallographic sites in olivine, pyroxene, and spinel from planetary basalts [PDF]
American Mineralogist, 2005 This is a comparative planetary mineralogy study emphasizing the valence-state partitioning of Cr, Fe, Ti, and V over crystallographic sites in olivine, pyroxene, and spinel from planetary basalts. The sites that accommodate these cations are the M2 site (6 to 8-coordinated) and M1 site (6-coordinated) in pyroxene, the M2 site (6- to 8-coordinated) and
J J Papike, Charles K Shearer
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An evolutionary system of mineralogy: Proposal for a classification of planetary materials based on natural kind clustering [PDF]
American Mineralogist, 2019 Robert M Hazen
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The Coseismic Fault Weakening Processes Inferred from Frictional and Transport Properties of Fault Rocks, TCDP [PDF]
Scientific Drilling, 2007 No abstract available.
H. Sone, H. Noda, T. Shimamoto
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Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy for in situ planetary mineralogy [PDF]
Applied Optics, 2010 Planetary mineralogy can be revealed through a variety of remote sensing and in situ investigations that precede any plans for eventual sample return. We briefly review those techniques and focus on the capabilities for on-surface in situ examination of Mars, Venus, the Moon, asteroids, and other bodies.
Blacksberg, Jordana +2 more
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The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 The Chemistry and Mineralogy X-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument aboard the Curiosity rover consistently identifies amorphous material at Gale Crater, which is compositionally variable, but often includes elevated sulfur and iron, suggesting that ...
Reed J. Hopkins +5 more
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