XPost: sci.space.policy
From: ulrich.schreglmann@t-online.de
"Gordon D. Pusch" wrote in message
news:givfmsm7nc.fsf@pusch.xnet.com...
> Highly unlikely, since the Moon is as depleted of both iron and
> "siderophiles" ("iron-loving" elements) as it is of volatiles.
> Most of the iron near the Moon's surface is likely to be meteoric
> in origin.
Dead wrong! Most of the iron is volcanic in origin and it's all the
dark blotches you see when looking up at the Moon, i.e. the basalt
"maria." Actually iron is what makes it so dark which can become a
pain in the neck when trying to produce transparent glass up there--
even traces of iron would render it black, and everything's been jum-
bled together by meteorite impacts...
The light highlands are mostly anorthite--calcium, silicon, aluminum,
and, of course, oxygen. The maria are mostly ilmenite--iron, titani-
um, and oxygen.
There's plenty of iron.
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