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Sinus Iridum, the Copernicus Crater, and the pyroclastic deposit in the volcanic vents in the southeast of Orientale Basin were selected as the study areas. Olivine distribution was surveyed, and the relative Fo# calculation of olivine was implemented based on Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data. Results demonstrated that olivine in the crater wall of Sinus Iridum and the Copernicus Crater had relatively high Fo#, which reflected the primitive melt. However, the difference in olivine spectral features between Sinus Iridum and the Copernicus Crater indicated different crystallization modes. The olivine in the pyroclastic deposit in the volcanic vents in the southwest of Orientale Basin also presented high Fo#, which indicated that the olivine was formed via rapid cooling crystallization and was accompanied by volcanic glass substances. As a result, the olivine relative Fo# calculated from the estimation model exhibited an important constraint implication for explanation of its causes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11131544","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,28]],"date-time":"2019-06-28T11:20:26Z","timestamp":1561720826000},"page":"1544","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Analyzing the Magnesium (Mg) Number of Olivine on the Lunar Surface and Its Geological Significance"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8985-7013","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chao","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key laboratory for Ecological Environment in Coastal Areas (SOA), National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian 116023, China"},{"name":"College of Geo-exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9244-8464","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuanzhi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep-Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shengbo","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geo-exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bingxue","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geo-exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"5","article-title":"Exploration, Samples and Recent Concepts of the Moon","volume":"Volume 2","author":"Heiken","year":"1991","journal-title":"Lunar Sourcebook"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"221","DOI":"10.2138\/rmg.2006.60.3","article-title":"The Constitution and Structure of the Lunar Interior","volume":"60","author":"Wieczorek","year":"2006","journal-title":"Rev. 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