[meteorite-list] Question - meteorites returned from Moon

From: aerubin at ucla.edu <aerubin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 13:16:38 -0700
Message-ID: <20110522131638.4470664oo06qqxog_at_mail.ucla.edu>

The sample described in the McSween paper is Bench Crater. There are
also a few iron fragments that are probably iron meteorites, but they
have not been officially designated. There are probably additional
small meteorites waiting to be discovered.


Quoting tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com>:

>
> 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
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> 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.
>>
>> Laurence
>> CMS
>> ASU
>>
>
>
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