Mysterious Lunar Swirls

These swirls represent paleopoles. There is no doubt that the presumed
antipodal impacts will also display magnetism, but of the opposite
polarity.



John Curtis wrote:
wrote:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...unarswirls.htm

What are swirls made of? Are they truly flat? How does the cream differ
from the coffee? Questions to ponder over your next cup of joe...

Ilmenite (FeTiO3), rutile (TiO2) and iron metal are natural components
of lunar basalt:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:B...tal%22 &hl=en

Ilmenite, a dark mineral, when subjected to a stream of hydrogen
and heat decomposes into iron metal and rutile, a white mineral, as
described in the Carbotek/Shimizu process:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993LPI....24..531G
Perhaps, hydrogen bursts from the early Sun produced the swirls of
TiO2 (rutile) intermingled with iron particles:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/01_...0601solar.html
John Curtis