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Resolving the question whether or not the lunar mantle is sulfide saturated is of great importance for geochemical models of lunar origin and subsequent magmatic evolution. Many iron-loving (siderophile) elements show chalcophile (sulfide-loving) behavior, including the platinum group elements (PGE) and many volatile siderophile elements (e.g., Cu, Zn, Se, As, Te, Sb, Pb) (entry “Lunar Core Formation”). The presence of significant amounts of sulfides in the lunar mantle would control the storage capacity of the lunar mantle for chalcophile elements. Many of these elements are also (highly) volatile, and establishing their lunar interior abundances is important for studying the volatile budget of the Moon. The abundance of sulfur in the lunar mantle also has important implications for the range of plausible light element (S, C) abundances of the lunar core (entry “Lunar Core Composition”). High S contents in magmas relating to sulfide saturation in their source region...
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Steenstra, E.S., van Westrenen, W. (2017). Sulfides in the Moon. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_119-1
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