The Mineral Moon is a processing technique that allows the various minerals that make up the surface of our satellite to be highlighted with different colors.
My processing, carried out with the help of my friend Giuseppe Mauriello, is not very precise - also because by mistake I forgot to remove an anti-IL filter - and therefore does not accurately render the various shades of colors.
In general, the red areas are low in iron and usually older. Those blue, areas rich in titanium. The young lunar seas, made up mostly of basalts, are bluish while those from anorthosites make up a large part of the so-called Highlands (reddish).
More in particular:
1. Elevated areas (plateaus, etc.) with very ancient gabbric anorthosite rocks with low iron and titanium content: RED color tone.
2. Elevated areas (plateaus, etc.) with more recent gabbric anorthosite rocks: shades of BLUE color.
3. Lunar seas, with an age from about 3.9 to 1 billion years, consisting mainly of basalt rocks rich in Iron with a low content of Titanium: Yellow / ORANGE color tone.
4. Lunar seas, with an age from about 3.9 to 1 billion years, consisting mainly of basaltic rocks rich in Iron and high content of Titanium: Color shade BLUE.
5. In addition to these main geological units, there are the materials present in the impact basins and craters, ranging from the RED and DARK BLUE color of the oldest basins, to the LIGHT BLUE color of the rays that radially develop from the less ancient craters. 6. Ancient lava flows: BROWN hue. (from
www.AstronomicalAngrenus.it)
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