[meteorite-list] Martian vs. Lunar meteorites

From: Rob Matson <mojave_meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:08:13 -0700
Message-ID: <GOEDJOCBMMEHLEFDHGMMAENBEEAA.mojave_meteorites_at_cox.net>

Hi Al,

> If you pair up the lunar and martian meteorites, you will only
> find 60 plus specimens that are unique of the lunar material
> and 80 plus of the martian.

I'd like to see a listing of both. By my count (as of a month
or so ago) there were 55 "unpaired" Martian meteorites. Perhaps
some of the mismatch (80+ vs. 55) is due to pairing uncertainties
among three of the large "suspected" Martian pairing groups:

1. DaG 476/489/670/735/876/975/1037/1051/ + at least 3 more
2. NWA 2975/2986/2987/4766/4783/4857/4864/4878/4880/4930/5140/
       5214/5219/5313/5366
3. SaU 005/008/051/060/090/094/120/125/130/150/ + at least one more

Depending on who is deciding which meteorites are paired, there
will be variability on how many unique Martian meteorites there
are.

I'd like to take this opportunity to say that NWA 6162 (no known
pairings) is the most impressive of ALL Martian meteorites that
I've seen out of Northwest Africa. It is very fresh, and priced
quite modestly compared to anything comparable, especially
considering its miniscule TKW (89 grams).

--Rob
Received on Wed 11 Aug 2010 03:08:13 AM PDT