[meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

[Matson, Robert]

Beautiful lunar meteorite, Greg!  Thanks for the links to all the drool-
producing images!  I'm sure are resident lunatic Norbert will agree...

--Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:53 PM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163


Dear List Members,

I am very pleased to announce the discovery of a new Lunar meteorite, NWA 
3163.

Here is what we know at this point:
NWA 3163 (Provisional) - Ultra-Rare Lunar Feldspathic Granulite Meteorite

A single 1,634 gram meteorite, believed to have been found in Mauritania or 
Algeria, was purchased in Morocco in August 2005 by Greg Hupé, who thought 
at first that it may be an unusual eucrite or diogenite.  Actually it is a 
Lunar Feldspathic Granulite and represents the largest known sample of this 
rare rock type available for scientific study.  It is composed primarily of 
maskelynite (shocked plagioclase) with lesser amounts of pyroxene, olivine, 
chromite and other minerals.  This extremely rare type of lunar rock is 
known from small clasts in a few Apollo 15, 16 and 17 samples.

Click here for image of Main Mass

http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/nwa3163a.jpg

<snip>