Sub-microscopic magnetite and metallic iron particles formed by eutectic reaction in Chang'E-5 lunar soil.
Guo Z, Li C, Li Y, Wen Y, Wu Y, Jia B, Tai K, Zeng X, Li X, Liu J, Ouyang Z.
Guo Z, et al.
Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 23;13(1):7177. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35009-7.
Nat Commun. 2022.
PMID: 36418346
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Magnetite and pure metallic iron particles are embedded in oxygen-dissolved iron-sulfide grains from the Chang'E-5 samples. This mineral assemblage indicates a FeO eutectoid reaction (4FeO = Fe(3)O(4) + Fe) for formation of magnetite. ...Additionally, the formation of sub- …
Magnetite and pure metallic iron particles are embedded in oxygen-dissolved iron-sulfide grains from the Chang'E-5 samples. This mineral ass …