Lunar Mare Simulant

This vial contains simulated moon dust. It was engineered to be chemically and mechanically identical to the surface of ancient volcanic plains on the Moon, called maria.

The particle size and composition were designed to match the samples returned from the lunar mare during the Apollo missions. 

Chemical composition by weight: * 42.81% silicates (SiO2) * 18.89% magnesium oxide (MgO) * 14.13% aluminium oxide (Al2O3) * 7.87% iron oxide (FeOT) * 5.94% calcium oxide (CaO) * 4.92% sodium oxide (Na2O) * 4.62% titanium oxide (TiO2) * 0.57% potassium oxide (K2O) * 0.44% phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) * 0.21% chromium oxide (Cr2O3) * 0.15% manganese oxide (MnO) * 0.11% sulfur trioxide (SO3)  

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