Association of carbon-rich substance and native molybdenum in a lunar regolith from Mare Crisium

A study compared the chemical composition of a carbon-rich substance and native molybdenum in a lunar regolith from Mare Crisium. Confirmation of the graphite-like nature of the substance would be an argument in favor of the hypothesis of the xenogenic impact origin of this association. On the other hand, the detection of high-molecular hydrocarbons in the carbon-aceous films would unambiguously support their authigenic exhalative origin.