[meteorite-list] lunar

From: David Calongne <calongnedav_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:24 2004
Message-ID: <24509-3CF81130-4697_at_storefull-2374.public.lawson.webtv.net>

hi list, this week i had lunar on the brain, i ordered and received from
labenne brothers a 0.056 gram dhofar 280 lunar anorthositic highland
breccia.as a produce clerk this seems to be the biggest boulder i can
afford.on the net i found out several things about the lunar area. the
apollo missions brought back many rocks of largely 2 types basalts and
breccias, but also a few special finds including white crystaline
anorthosite and impact melts. just a few samples of really upper mantle
rock.
 i viewed pictures of lunar meteorite slabs and noticed the highland
ones were black/gray and found out made of around 80% black anorthosite
type rock, why then is the highlands look white from the earth?the moon
surface must reflect alot of light? happy collecting david
Received on Fri 31 May 2002 08:11:28 PM PDT