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Lunar Highland Simulant
(LRS-H)

Highlands are between the oldest regions on the Lunar surfaces. They are mostly composed by anothositic material and therefore rich of elements such as Al and Si. Highlands are found all around the Moon, including on the polar regions. Thus, highland regolith will play a key role in future robotic and human lunar exploration.

Simulant specifications

Simulant name

LRS Lunar Highland Simulant

Simulant type

Basic/Standard 

Reference material

Apollo avarage highland samples

Mean particle size

75 µm

Particle size range

<10 – 1400 µm

Major elements chemestry

Oxide

Ref. MIN [wt%]

Ref. MAX [wt%]

LRS-M [wt%]

SiO2

41.9

45.3

47.67

Al2O3

28.0

35.6

28.28

FeO

0.2

5.9

2.74

MnO

0.0

0.1

0.04

MgO

0.3

5.1

1.49

CaO

16.3

20.4

14.44

Na2O

0.2

0.4

2.49

K2O

0.0

0.0

0.35

TiO2

0.0

0.1

0.46

P2O5

0.0

0.2

0.12

Mineralogy

Mineral

Abundance [wt%]

Anorthosite

80

Glass-rich Basalt

20

Minerals Breakdown:

Anorthite albite

78.56

Pyroxene

4.10

Olivine

0.96

Alkali feldspar

2.72

Other silicates

9.02

Others

4.64

Particle size distribution

Trace elements

Element

Abundance [wt%]

Cr

0.0608

Mn

0.0277

Co

0.0031

Ni

0.0198

Zn

0.0000

As

0.0000

Rb

0.0004

Sr

0.0221

Zr

0.0034

Nb

0.0000

Mo

0.0004

Ba

0.0000

W

0.0055

Hg

0.0003

Ta

0.0023

Tl

0.0003

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