[meteorite-list] Calcalong Creek sample needed for research

2016-10-20 Thread Romain Tartese via Meteorite-list
Dear all, For research purposes we are looking for a tiny chip from the interior of the Calcalong Creek lunar meteorite. Please drop me an email off list if you think you may be able to provide this. Cheers, Romain -- Romain Tartèse Post Doctoral Research Associate Institut de Minéralogie, de

[meteorite-list] Calcalong Creek

2003-01-15 Thread Peter Marmet
Hello Steve, here the well known story of Calcalong Creek (can be found on Rob Elliott's page of Fernlea meteorites) Calcalong Creek (Wiluna District,Western Australia) Lunar, impact melt breccia Found after 1960, recognised 1990: Total known weight 19g It's the only lunar meteorite to have a

[meteorite-list] Calcalong Creek

2003-01-15 Thread Bernd Pauli HD
Peter Marmet wrote: It's the only lunar meteorite to have a name instead of a number Hello Steve, Peter and List! Peter, you are not quite right ;-) There is another, albeit very small one, the famous Hadley Rille, EH, recovered by Apollo 15 astronauts at Station 9, near Hadley Rille. This

Re: [meteorite-list] Calcalong Creek

2003-01-15 Thread Jeff Grossman
Bernd and list: Bench Crater Hadley Rille are not lunar meteorites. See the only published paper on this subject, and a fine one at that! Rubin A.E. and Grossman J. N., 1998, What is a meteorite? The pursuit of a comprehensive definition. Meteorite!, v.4 no. 3, 24-25. The adjective indicates