High-Ni Primitive Lunar Olivine

Si-Zhang, Sheng; Wang, Shuijiong; Li, Qiuli; Wu, Shitou; Hao, Wang; Xiang, Hua; Chen, Zhenyu; Jin-Hua, Hao; Zhang, Bo; He, Yongsheng; Zhu, Jiangming

High-Ni Primitive Lunar Olivine

Reveals lunar mantle composition

Olivine from Chang'e-6 soils; high-Ni endmember may represent pristine lunar mantle or early ultramafic magma crystallization.

Si-Zhang, Sheng · Wang, Shuijiong · Li, Qiuli · Wu, Shitou · Hao, Wang · Xiang, Hua · Chen, Zhenyu · Jin-Hua, Hao · Zhang, Bo · He, Yongsheng · Zhu, Jiangming

Nature Communications 2025

Specifications

Ni abundance range: {'zh': '', 'en': '682'} ppm

Advantages

Forsterite content up to 95.6

Oxygen isotopes plot along terrestrial fractionation line