Hi Norbert and List, That was a fine article in Meteorite, the first of that issue that I read. Like reading Nininger, it was very inspirational.
Congratulations on your lunar find! You are now a member of a very exclusive club. What are you after next? Martian? Venusian? Triton? Europa? Ganymeade? Extra-solar!!! Best wishes, -Walter --------------------------------------------- www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norbert Classen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Confessions of a Lunatic > Hello Bernd and List, > > First, I'd like to thank you all for the congratulations on my > article that I received on and off list. It's been a real pleasure > to write this piece for Joel's great magazine, and I hope that > I didn't went too far in spreading my enthusiasm for lunar rocks, > and other planetary meteorites ;) > > As to my listing of lunar meteorites Bernd asked: > > > There is a listing of lunar meteorites on page 13. Two Japanese > > Antarctic lunaites and one NWA are described as "LUN G": Yamato > > 793169, Asuka 881757, and NWA 773. > > > > What does the "G" stand for? Yamato 793169 is basaltic, NWA 773 > > is described as a "cumulate olivine norite regolith breccia". > > Asuka 881757, on the other hand, is described as showing > > "... an extraordinarily coarse-grained GABBROIC structure..." > > > > Does the "G" stand for "gabbroic" and, if so, who classified > > the other two lunaites as "LUN-G"? > > Of course, you're perfectly right: LUN-A stands for anorthosites, > LUN-B for basalts, and LUN-G for gabbros. To tell you the truth, > I'm not fully aware of who classified the two Antarctic lunaites, > Yamato 793169, and Asuka 881757 as gabbros, but that's what I > found them listed in Monica Grady's fifth edition of The Catalogue > of Meteorites. For the gabbroic classification of NWA 773, please > visit Randy Korotev's website, and see his article on this unique > lunar rock, explaining why NWA 773 should be classified as an > olivine gabbro: > > http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/nwa773.html > > Last, but not least, let me confess one more thing - I've been > to the deserts of the Arabian peninsula, earlier this year, and > I re-visited the known lunar strewnfields with some sucess. > Together with my field partner I recovered some additional > lunar rocks that are currently under publication! The > classification has already been done, but we don't have an > official name, right now, and so I don't want to say too much. > The work on these lunar rocks continues, and it should be the > primary right of the lab to publish the first data. Anyway, > if you're interested in a nice slice of a new lunar at most > favourable pre-sale prices - just contact me off-list, and > I'll come back to you, asap. Trades for other planetary > meteorites, and achondrites that are still missing in my > collection are most welcome, too. > > Again, thanks for your interest. May Sister Moon shine on you > all ;)) > > All the best, > Norbert > > ______________________________________________ > 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
