Does anyone know what kind of minerals are on the moon?

Question

I'm looking for something that would be rare on Earth, but not important. Something that we don't really need down here, so there isn't any need for us to go and get it from the moon.

I'm looking for something that would be rare on Earth, but not important. Something that we don't really need down here, so there isn't any need for us to go and get it from the moon. Also, does anyone know the specifics of "rare earth elements"?

Also, does anyone know the specifics of "rare earth elements"?

To answer one question, I have an idea for a story and want to get answers from all sides. Next time don't pre-judge.

Answer 1

KREEP stands for potassium (atomic symbol K), rare earth elements (REE), and phosphorus (P). KREEP-rich basalts are found on the Earth's Moon. KREEPs are also enriched in uranium and thorium


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Composition

Answer 2

Well, others have already told about the KREEP basalts, so I'll skip that. There are also "ANTs" on the moon. This means: Anorthites, Norites, and Troctolites, but we have these on the Earth in abundance.

There is one mineral, called Armalcolite, that we only discovered on Earth well after the Apollo missions had ended. It was brought back to Earth by the Apollo 11 astronauts, hence the name: ARmstrong, ALdrin, and COLlins...get it? It's an igneous rock with some odd mineral structure...look it up on the web. I think this meets the definition of what you're looking for because it's pretty darn rare on Earth, but not especially valuable.

Answer 3

The Earth and the Moon share a mutual attraction. The Moon
doesn't have much of an atmosphere and is constantly acreating materials, some strange and uncommon. Understanding and discoveries like the recent lunar -sodium tail are important.
After viewing pictures of Earth and Moon from Mars and wondering if the Moons of Mars are also as interesting.

Answer 4

Are you trying to provide reasoning as to why we shouldn't go back to the Moon on the basis that we would only go there to collect moon rocks?

I have to ask, do you even know why we are returning to the Moon? I suggest you do a little research. We are not going there to get rocks.

Check out nasa.gov and several other sites.

To answer your question. Armalcolite. It is a mineral on the moon discovered by teh Apollo 11 astronauts. Named for each of them. Arm = Armstrong, Al = Aldrin, Col = Collins.

Not an especially amazing mineral, but it is found on the Moon and not here on Earth.

Again, however, we are not going to the Moon again to get rocks... we are going to learn how to live and work on a foreign plant, so that we can go to Mars and beyond someday.

Answer 5

U will find that almost everything on the moon or any other planet is very similar ,the ratios may be somewhat different but most that u see is just space junk that has fallen for several million years.On the moon the titanium was higher than here. The real thing we are searching for is knowledge ,where do u think the computers came from or the calculators and many other things,good hunting

Answer 6

The original crustal rocks of the Moon, which constitute most of the Lunar Highlands, were rich in the mineral Feldspar, consisting of Anorthosites (Feldspar-only rocks), Norites (Feldspar-pyroxene rocks) and Troctolites (Feldspar-olivine rocks).

Just google minerals moon and get sites like the ones below.

Answer 7

I can tell you something. There is not Moon Cheese in here

Answer 8

Strangely, as well as "KREEP" there are metals with high melting points such as Titanium and thorium.

Answer 9

nothing at all... it's just a big rock.