Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

2009-07-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:33:59 -0500, you wrote: >On a related note, anyone have a subscripton to Nature that could send me this >article I just googled up? > >http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v225/n5234/pdf/225717a0.pdf Someone kindly sent me a copy of the journal pages. There were bits of ot

Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

2009-07-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:18:12 -0500, you wrote: >I suppose they're the lunar equivalent of tektites. Or like Nininger spheroids/spherules/spheres On a related note, anyone have a subscripton to Nature that could send me this article I just googled up? http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v225/n5

Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

2009-07-17 Thread Randy Korotev
It's an impact-glass spherule. There's another one to the right, just right of center. It's got a soil coating. Any handful of lunar soil is loaded with these things. Most are in the 0.1-mm range. The biggest I've seen is 2 mm, but I think there's one of ~2 centimeters in the Apollo collect

Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

2009-07-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Joe, List, > >I don't think it's for scale, though I could be wrong. > >The grid squares are 2mm. That sphere is less than 2mm in size. > >I don't know what it is... I propose the following method to figure out what the sphere is: "Hey Dr. Rand

Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

2009-07-17 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi Joe, List, I don't think it's for scale, though I could be wrong. The grid squares are 2mm. That sphere is less than 2mm in size. I don't know what it is... Regards, Eric Joe Kerchner wrote: I am also wondering what that sphere is? is it a marble? maybe used to scale the size? or are t

Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

2009-07-17 Thread Joe Kerchner
I am also wondering what that sphere is? is it a marble? maybe used to scale the size? or are those found on our moon? very interesting. Best, Joe Kerchner http://skyrockcafe.com http://illinoismeteorites.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

2009-07-17 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi List, Just ran across this article and photo... Everyone loves photos of moon rocks right?! Moon Rocks Photo http://news-info.wustl.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/8422_h.jpg Article: Apollo 11 moon rocks still crucial 40 years later, say WUSTL researchers http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/no