Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Norites - Lunar and Diogenite

Hi Mike: Norite is a generic petrologic term for an igneous mafic rock that has primarily orthopyroxene + plagioclase and little or no clinopyroxene. Norites occur on Earth, the Moon, and the HED parent body (as you call Vestan). HED norites are in fact a type of diogenite. Geochemically there is

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Norites - Lunar and Diogenite

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[meteorite-list] Question about Norites - Lunar and Diogenite

Hi List, I was looking at Norites recently, and I came across the only lunar-origin Norite, the lunaite NWA 773. I had no knowledge of NWA 773 prior to stumbling across it's Noritic connection. The visual similarities between lunar norite and Vestan norite are apparent. I am assuming the major