Yes....some of the best Lunar samples I have ever seen. G
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:37 PM, John Lutzon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Matt, > > Dear man! where is your conscience!, how can you tempt us with these > Beauties? I've just made arrangements to sell the wife and dogs. > > Real special items Matt--thanks. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:57 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] AD- Two new lunar meteorites and one deal of > anauction > > > Ending today is a nice piece of Norton County with no reserve. > Currently at just over 10/g. The piece has a museum label and catalog > number. > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221181012827&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT> > > I also have two unpaired lunar meteorites to offer. > > NWA 7493 - Lunar, feldspathic breccia > found 2011, Morocco > > 503 grams total weight > This is an unpaired, beautiful fragmental lunar breccia composed > primarily of quenched melt clasts and calcic plagioclase grains. There > are numerous scattered olivine and zoned pyroxene grains throughout, > rare grains of exsolved pigeonite, ilmenite, Ti-chromite, troilite, > silica polymorph and iron metal. Shock melt domains are common > containing plagioclase grains set in a matrix of quench crystals. Also > contains lunar "granophyre" clasts. > > Two complete slices available here: > http://mhmeteorites.com/museum_gallery.html > > I have a couple small slices but I don't have pics ready yet. Please > email for details. > > NWA 7611 - Lunar, mingled breccia > Microprobe examination of a polished 7 × 2 cm sawn slice and a > separate polished mount shows a fragmental breccia of plagioclase, > pyroxene, and olivine grains in a wide range of grain sizes. A > prominent ~1-cm pyroxene-plagioclase gabbroic clast was observed as > well as several smaller gabbroic fragments. One small clast consists > of intergrown hedenbergite+fayalite+silica (after pyroxferroite). The > groundmass is variable with some domains showing a uniform > fine-grained subophitic plagioclase-pyroxene texture, while other > domains show densely packed mineral clasts ranging from 10-300 µm. > There are several sharp boundaries between the various textural > domains, with at least two compositionally distinct olivine > populations, and a wide range of pyroxene compositions, indicating > multiple lithologies of a mingled fragmental breccia. Accessory > ilmenite, silica polymorph, minor zircon, troilite, Ti-bearing > chromite, Ni-free iron metal and kamacite are present. > > One HUGE slice available here: http://mhmeteorites.com/museum_gallery.html > > I will be cutting my other slice down into smaller part slices. > > Thanks, > Matt > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
