Sunday, December 9, 2012

On Turning Myself In...

I want to do time for saving the rock I've analyzed from further environmental degradation. I know it is a bad crime, but better serve time for that, then to be falsely accused of a different crime, and face harsher punishment, undeserved.
(edit: After I had posted this Randy Korotev finally got back to me with a list of terrestrial granites that match the composition of those mentioned in the article, as did my stone; What, now, needs to be done is make sure the list is genuine, and, if it is, have a test for isotopes conducted.)
"lunar granites. Oxide units are wt%. Element units are ppm.
           1          2        3           4        5          6         (Peter's)
SiO2     70.0    73.0   70.8       74.2   68.1     75.5        (68.82)
TiO2     1.04     0.60   0.60      0.33   0.90      0.26        (.166)
Al2O3   13.5    11.9    12.7      12.5   10.2      12.3        (14.23)
FeO      4.93    0.90    6.30      2.32   6.99      3.10        (4.08)
MnO     0.13    0.12    0.10       0.02     -          0.04       (.100)
MgO     0.14    0.70    0.40       0.07   1.53      0.20        (.57)
CaO     3.0      1.40    1.00       1.25   4.89      0.50         (2.00)
BaO      0.77    0.65      -          0.24    -         0.61         (1248ppm= .125)
Na2O    2.49    1.40     1.10      0.52   0.79     0.53         (3.86)
K2O      4.5      6.80     7.40     8.60   3.39      7.55        (3.81)
P2O5    0.039   -          0.70       -         -           -            (.07)
ZrO2     0.203   0.15      -          0.09     -           -            (275ppm = .028)
Hf        41.9      24         -         13.9      -          16          (6.4)
Cr        56        1010     0           17        -          70         (<20)
Nb         287      -          -            -          -           -           (11)
Ce         111      126       -           117       -         50          (105)
Nd          82       64        -           58       -          34           (44.2)
Y           494         -        -            -         -          -            (17)
Th         132       41         -           65       -        9.5          (13.9)
U            45      12.3      -          23.4       -         -            (3.0)     "


-http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/2688.pdf

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