[meteorite-list] Question - meteorites returned from Moon

[Laurence Garvie]

A 1976 paper in Earth and Planetary Science Letters describes a unique chondrite (meteorite) returned from the Moon. The fragment measures 3 x 1.5 mm and shows some similarities with the CI meteorites.

McSween (1976) A new type of chondritic meteorite found in Lunar soil. Earth and Planetary Science Letter, 31, 193-199.

Laurence
CMS
ASU



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> I don't guess I have ever seen this anywhere.
> Does anyone know if any Apollo Lunar
> returned rocks were "Meteorites"?
> Any answers out there????
> Pete IMCA 1733