§ 2.2.3.6 Other Minerals

The main minerals on the Moon are "plagioclase" minerals (aluminum silicates of which anorthite -- calcium aluminum silicate -- is the most common plagioclase mineral), "olivine" (predominantly magnesium and iron silicates -- Mg₂SiO₄ and Fe₂SiO₄), ilmenite (discussed above, FeTiO₃), and pyroxenes (MgSiO₃, CaSiO₃, FeSiO₃). However, there are many other minerals and glasses mixed in.

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