Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Reid, A. M..
Electron microprobe analyses are presented for nine elements in 250 glasses and 434 pyroxenes, eight elements in 113 olivines, and six elements in 354 feldspars, 35 spinels, and 159 ilmenites. All grains are from the 125-425 micron fraction of horizon A and horizon D soil from the Luna 16 sample. A norm is presented for each glass analysis and the structural formula is calculated for each mineral analysis.
Compositions of glasses in the Apollo 14 soil correspond to four types of Fra Mauro basalts, to mare basalts and soils, and, in minor amounts, to gabbroic anorthosite and potash granite. The Fra Mauro basalts can be related by simple low pressure crystal-liquid fractionation that implies a parent composition like that of Apollo 14 sample 14310.
Gas rich Kapoeta howardite composition, evolution, high particle fossil track densities and normal track rich crystals spatial relations
Mineralogy and petrology of Apollo 12 igneous rocks 12004, 12008, 12009 and 12022, noting ilmenite, olivine and spinel content and metal grains composition
Metallic fe grains in Apollo 12 igneous rocks, discussing Ni and Co abundances
Mineral chemistry of Apollo 11 igneous rocks, soil and breccia samples, comparing with meteorites
Enstatite characteristics in enstatite achondrite meteorites, discussing mineralogy and composition
Computer programs EMX and EMX2 for electron microprobe data processing
Chondrule in Chainpur meteorite formed by rapid cooling of liquid droplets, with glass as major constituent
Luminescence of orthopyroxenes in meteoritic, terrestrial, mineral and synthetic samples noting magnesium silicate disorders
Metallic spherule identification of terrestrial and nonterrestrial origin
Metal spherules synthesized by melting philippine tektites
Glass occurrence in chondrules as evidence for formation by rapid cooling of liquid droplets - chondritic meteorites
Coesite in uplifts and shatter cones establish cryptovolcanics as fossil meteorite craters