[meteorite-list] Metal content in Lunars?

[Greg Hupe]

Hi MikeG,

Most of the first discovered Lunar meteorites had no real visible metal on 
polished surfaces. As more have been discovered over the last 10 years, 
there are numerous Lunars that have visible metal. A few examples are; NWA 
2995, NWA 4472, NWA 4884, NWA 4932, NWA 5000, NWA 5406, SAU 300 and a couple 
other Omani Lunars that I can not remember at the moment. I'm sure I am 
missing others, but this is a good list to start with!

Best regards,
Greg

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From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 4:24 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Metal content in Lunars?


> Hi Listees,
>
> After posting some photos of my oddball brecciated meteorites, several
> of you emailed me to say that the meteorite resembled a weathered
> lunar - specifically one of the Shisr lunars from Oman.  I must admit,
> that there is a strong resemblance between them.  And I would be very
> fortunate and happy to find an unexpected 18-gram lunar hiding in my
> uNWA box.  But, this meteorite has visible metal fleck in it and it
> exhibits attraction to a magnet.  I have always been told (and read)
> than lunars are not attracted to magnets and rarely have any visible
> free metal.
>
> So, does the presence of metal and magnetic attraction rule out my
> weird breccia as a lunar?  If so, then it's probably some kind of L or
> LL impact melt breccia like Bison.  Which would still be interesting
> and fun, but a little anti-climactic after the lunar speculation.
>
> I'd like to direct this question to those folks who have handled a lot
> of lunars firsthand, like Adam and Greg Hupe, or some of the
> scientists on the List.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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