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Re: Meteorites Found in Lunar Samples?
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- From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman@isdmnl.wr.usgs.gov>
- Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 06:42:28 -0400
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At 02:42 PM 5/5/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Here is an entry from the The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 81, 1997 July
>which may be of interest in this discussion.
>
>Martin
>
>
>Here is the URL if anyone is interested:
>http://www.uark.edu/studorg/metsoc/metbull/bull81-f.htm
>
>Hadley Rille
>Lunar: 26º26.0'N 3º39.33'E
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> The Moon
> Found 1971 July-August
> Enstatite chondrite (EH)
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>An object in the 1-2 mm size fraction of soil sample 15602,29 was recovered
>by Apollo 15 astronauts at Station 9, near Hadley Rille; the original mass,
>estimated from the thin section, was ~3 mg. Mineralogy and classification
>(Haggerty, 1972, and A. Rubin, UCLA): contains enstatite, kamacite
>(2.9-3.2% Si), niningerite, silica, schreibersite, troilite, albite, and
>daubreelite. Specimen: Lunar Sample Curator, JSC.
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Don't forget Bench Crater:
Follow-Ups: