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New Zirconium-rich Minerals from Apollo 14 and 15 Lunar Rocks

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Two more members of the suggested Zr–Ti–Fe mineral group of lunar oxides have been discovered. They have similar optical and chemical properties to the two such compounds previously detected, but all four show considerable differences in their detailed chemistry.

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PECKETT, A., PHILLIPS, R. & BROWN, G. New Zirconium-rich Minerals from Apollo 14 and 15 Lunar Rocks. Nature 236, 215–217 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236215a0

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