[meteorite-list] RE: Confessions of a Lunatic

From: walter branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004
Message-ID: <001101c324ac$a5351480$f0c89f44_at_l1s2m3>

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


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Norbert Classen" <trifid_at_timewarp.de>
To: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>; <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
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
>
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Received on Tue 27 May 2003 08:04:01 PM PDT