Table 1 Modal mineralogy (volume%) of CE-6 soil sample CE6C0300

From: Impact-induced mixing generated the stratified soils of the Lunar South Pole Aitken Basin

Sample

CE6C03001

CE6C00002

Bulk

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

Average

YJFM00107

YJFM00108

YJFM00109

Average

Method

Raman point-counting (vol%)

XRD (vol%)

CPX

24.4

28

22.2

23

24.4 ± 2.6

30.3

31.1

27.6

29.7

OPX

2.3

1.3

5.6

2.3

2.9 ± 1.9

3.7

3.8

3.4

3.6

Olivine

2.4

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.9 ± 0.3

0.6

0.2

0.6

0.5

Plagioclase

45

44.9

47

47.3

46.1 ± 1.3

32.9

32.3

32.7

32.6

BG

3.2

1.3

2.6

1.4

2.1 ± 0.9

27.9

28.6

31.8

29.4

FG

14

11.9

13.2

13.5

13.2 ± 0.9

SG

0.6

0.8

1.3

0.9

0.9 ± 0.3

PG

3

6.4

4.3

5.9

4.9 ± 1.6

Ilmenite

1.4

1.7

0.4

0.9

1.1 ± 0.6

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.6

Spinel

2.1

1.7

1.3

2.3

1.9 ± 0.4

0.6

0.2

0.6

0.5

Cristobalite

0.4

0.4

no

no

0.2

Apatite

0.5

no

no

0.5

0.25

Quartz

0.1

no

0.4

0.5

0.25 ± 0.2

Troilite

0.4

no

no

no

0.1

Plagioclase /Pyroxene

1.7

1.5

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.1

1

1.2

1.1

  1. Reference: 1. This work; 2. Li et al.13.
  2. CPX clinopyroxene, OPX orthopyroxene, BG basaltic glass, FG feldspathic glass, SG silica glass, PG pyroxene glass, no not observed, XRD X-ray diffraction.
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