[meteorite-list] Confessions of a Lunatic

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:33 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000005F0000096A_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Norbert and List,

Congratulations on your recent article in the latest issue of the METEORITE
magazine. It is very well written and fascinating (no wonder though as the
author is a "freelance writer" :-) One can really feel the thrill and the enthusiasm
that your report imparts to meteorites from Lady Luna (and from Mars).

There is a listing of lunar meteorites on page 13. Ttwo 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"?

Reference:

CLASSEN N. (2003) The Quest for the Moon - Confessions
of a Lunatic (METEORITE May 2003 Volume 9, No. 2, pp. 8-13).

Best May 1 regards,

Bernd
Received on Thu 01 May 2003 07:09:10 AM PDT