RHENIUM OXIDE, POTASSIUM PERRHENATE, IRON AND ALUMINUM HYDROXYCHLORIDES, BARITE, AND CELESTINE IN LUNAR REGOLITH

Abstract

The continuing study of lunar regolith with a JSM-5610LV low-vacuum electron microscope equipped with EDS JED-2300 JEOL (Japan) made it possible to detect several oxygen-bearing phases and associated native metal in one case. These findings are of special genetic interest. The case in point is an intergrowth of native rhenium with rhenium oxide, oxides of rhenium and potassium, hydroxides of iron and aluminum, and sulfates of barium and strontium.