Re: Moonquakes

[Jonathan Silverlight]

In message <1142552857.107615.175030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John 
Curtis <john@xxxxxxxxx> writes
> George wrote:
> > Umm, are you suggesting that water is necessary for the formation of
> > olivine, and if so, why?
> Water begins to condense at sunspot temperature @ 3200K and
> serves as a reactant in subsequent condensations of minerals.

Water molecules _exist_ in sunspots but is there any evidence that they 
are more than single molecules with energies that preclude any chemical 
reactions with minerals (which don't exist in sunspots, at least on our 
sun)