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Also approved by the committee is the name of pyroxferroite which is
a new iron-rich calci_m-ma_lesium-iron bearing silicate.
Lunar samples scientists who discovered the new mineral and named
it in honor of the Apollo 1_ crew are Drs. A. T. Anderson_ University
of Chicago_ T. E. Buneh_ Ames Research Center; E. N. Cameron, University
of Wisconsin; S. _. Haggert[f_ F. R. Boyd_ and L. W. Finger of Geophysical
Laboratories, Washington; O. B. James_ U. S. Geological Survey_ Washington_
D. C.; K. Keil and M. Prinz_ University of New Mexico; amd P. Ramdohr a_d A.
A1Gorsi, Max Planck Institute_ Heidelberg_ Germany.
The new mineral was found both in the fine grain material as well as
the rock samples returned b/ the Apollo 11 crew.
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