[meteorite-list] Question - meteorites returned from Moon

tracy latimer daistiho at hotmail.com
Sun May 22 13:49:13 EDT 2011


Is this a third meteorite fragment, distinct from Hadley Rille and Bench Crater?  Could there be more waiting to be found on continued inspection?

Best!
Tracy Latimer

> From: lgarvie at asu.edu
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> Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 10:06:42 -0700
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Question - meteorites returned from Moon
> 
> 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.
> 
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