AW: [meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon

[Adam Hupe]

A list member asked about the metal in NWA 3136, A Basaltic Lunar Regolith
Breccia. The metal is definitely comes from the impactor (another meteorite)
and some of these metal clasts are up to 3mm across.  I guess this means a
lot of collectors have samples of meteorites that hit the moon.

Another list member mentioned that Charlie Duke was the only geologist to
walk the moon. It is actually Harrison Schmitt that holds this title.  Here
is a link to his bio:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/Schmitt.html


Kind Regards,


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Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites at comcast.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob McCafferty" <rob_mccafferty at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon


> Fascinating piece of info Martin
>
> Even as I clicked "send" on my last post I had a
> nagging thought that there really ought to be tiny
> little fragments of all the types in the regolith
> somewhere. I know NWA3136 is meant to have microscopic
> bits of iron in it. Is this from meteorite impact does
> anyone know?
>
> Rob McC
>
> --- Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> wrote:
>
> > There wer even 2 meteorites brought back from Moon
> > say the Catalogue:
> >
> > Bench Crater
> > Was an CM1 fragment in soil sample 12037 collected
> > from Apollo 12
> >
> > And
> >
> > Hadley Rille,
> >
> > A fragment of 3mg in soil sample 15602 from Apollo
> > 15.
> > Was EH.
> >
> > Humm perhaps we all should check our regolth
> > brecciae and HEDs to get an
> > entry for each xenolithic clast in the Bulletin :-)
> >
> > Buckleboo!
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> > Im Auftrag von Rob
> > McCafferty
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 1. September 2006 10:01
> > An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon
> >
> > Couple of points
> >
> >
> > >>One small meteorite was recovered in the Apollo
> > Program (Hadley Rill?).(Details anyone?) Didn't it
> > possess impact pockmarks?
> >
> > Yes. There's one of the Apollo photos clearly shows
> > an
> > ipact mark. A tiny crater in a large rock. I believe
> > this shows that there's not likely to be much of
> > anything left on the moon if it hits it.
> >
> > Statistically, if memory serves me right, lunar
> > impacts impacts are rarer than Earth ones due to the
> > weak gravity of the moon and not just it's smaller
> > cross-section.
> >
> > Rob McC
> >
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