a b s t r a c t Mineralogy of the Lunar surface provides important clues for understanding the composition and evolution of the primordial crust in the EartheMoon system. The primary rock forming minerals on the Moon such as pyroxene, olivine and plagioclase are potential tools to evaluate the Lunar Magma Ocean (LMO) hypothesis. Here we use the data from Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M 3 ) onboard the Chandrayaan-1 project of India, which provides Visible e Near Infra Red (NIR) spectral data (hyperspectral data) of the Lunar surface to gain insights on the surface mineralogy. Band shaping and spectral profiling methods are used for identifying minerals in four sites: Moscoviense Basin, Orientale Basin, Apollo Basin and Wegener Crater e highland. The common presence of plagioclase is in conformity with the anorthositic composition of the Lunar crust. Pyroxenes, olivine and Fe-Mg-spinel from the sample sites indicate the presence of gabbroic and basaltic components. The compositional difference in pyroxenes suggests magmatic differentiation on the Lunar surface. Olivine contains OH/H 2 O band, indicating hydrous phase in the primordial magmas. Ó 2016, China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and Peking University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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