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Troctolite /ˈtrɒktəlaɪt/ (from Gr**** τρώκτης 'trout' and λίθος 'stone') is a
mafic intrusive rock type. It
consists essentially of
major but
variable amounts...
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Troctolite 76535 is a
lunar sample discovered and
collected on the
Apollo 17
mission in 1972 in the Taurus–Littrow valley. It has a m**** of
about 156 grams...
- melatroctolite. Bulk rock
geochemistry shows the
below analysis with
trace Pb:
Troctolites are
unusual olivine-rich pyroxene-poor
gabbros common in
layered mafic...
- Jersey,
United States Gneiss boulder balanced on
three smaller boulders.
Troctolite 76535
Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility, Houston, Texas,
United States...
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different types of
magmas that
would give rise to the Mg-suite
norites and
troctolites began to form,
although the
exact depths at
which this
occurred are not...
- at
geology station 6 near the base of the
North M****if; the sample, a
troctolite, was
later identified as the
oldest known "unshocked"
lunar rock, meaning...
- Nansen-Apollo
crater Shorty crater Lunar sample display Lunar basalt 70017
Troctolite 76535
Apollo Lunar Sounder Experiment Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and
Phooey Post-Apollo...
- silica-undersaturated
volcanic rock;
essentially a feldspathoid-bearing
rhyolite Troctolite –
Igneous rock – A
plutonic ultramafic rock
containing olivine, pyroxene...
- the dunites,
peridotites and pyroxenites.
Other rare
varieties include troctolite which has a
greater percentage of
calcic plagioclase.
These grade into...
- Nansen-Apollo
crater Shorty crater Lunar sample display Lunar basalt 70017
Troctolite 76535
Apollo Lunar Sounder Experiment Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and
Phooey Post-Apollo...
