Hello Bernd, David, and Fellow Lunatics, For those of you who want something visual, have a look at this small specimen of the lunar DaG 262:
http://www.timewarp.de/lunar/DaG262-0.072g.JPG Yes, that's crust and no desert varnish. Look at the large vesicle in the upper left, and there are several other small ones at the center. I sold the pictured specimen not long ago, but for anyone who might be interested in a sizeable crusted lunar, I still have a 17.17g slice left: http://www.timewarp.de/lunar/DaG262-17.17a.JPG The right edge of this 45x35x5mm slice is fully crusted, and I'm still accepting reasonable offers. Don't be shy - I need to raise some cash for other lunar rocks ;-)) Norbert Classen aka "The Lunatic" > -----Original Message----- > > David observed: > > > this week i found out that moon rocks have a black > > crust with a green tint and often have vesicles > > Hello David and List, > > Right, well observed. Several lunar meteorites are > definitely "vesicular" and have a greenish tint! > > Dhofar 025: "schlieren and vesicles are abundant" > Dhofar 026: "vesicles are abundant" > Dhofar 081: "schlieren and vesicles are abundant" > Dhofar 280: "schlieren and vesicles are abundant" > NWA 482: "glassy and vesicular melt veins and melt > pockets" > > As for descriptions of the crusts of lunar meteorites: > > DaG 400: "the meteorite is partly covered with a brownish fusion crust" > Dhofar 081: "A brownish gray stone of 174 g covered by fusion crust" > EET 96008: "this meteorite is covered by a black glassy fusion crust." > MAC 88104: "Both specimens have thin gray-green fusion crust" > MAC 88105: see 88104 > QUE 93069: "Thick gray-green frothy fusion crust covers the top while > thin granular medium olive green-brown fusion crust > covers the bottom." > QUE 94269: "One side of this flat stone has thick, gray-green, frothy > fusion crust." > > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
