[meteorite-list] NWA 773 lunar pairings

From: Dave Carothers <david.carothers_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jul 31 20:33:28 2006
Message-ID: <007f01c6b502$13421de0$6401a8c0_at_WINBOOKJ>

To John, David, Jeff, and Norbert,

Thank you for proving me with the additional clarification I need to
understand this pairings issue. This list is a great learning resource.

Thanks again...

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Carothers" <david.carothers_at_verizon.net>
To: "David Weir" <dgweir_at_earthlink.net>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 773 lunar pairings


> Good evening, all.
>
> Can someone please help me out with an explanation?
>
> In looking at the Met Bul classifications of the "pairings" we have:
>
> NWA 773, Lunar cumulate olivine norite with regolith breccia
> NWA 2700 Classification pending
> NWA 2727 Lunar mare basalt/gabbro breccia
> NWA 2977 Lunar gabbro
> NWA 3160 Lunar mare basalt breccia
> NWA 3333 Classification pending
>
> To my military mind, it seems to me that the classifications of the above
> Lunars are divergent enough to wonder how they could be paired. If they
are
> truely paired, shouldn't the original classifications been the same or
> closer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Weir" <dgweir_at_earthlink.net>
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 3:23 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 773 lunar pairings
>
>
> > List,
> >
> > Well, the results are in - in the MetSoc 69th Annual Meeting abstract
> > #5235 that is... and just as I had suspected, NWA 773 has any brothers
> > and sisters: NWA 2700 (previously with Boswell), 2727 (Oakes et al.),
> > 2977 (Farmer), 3160 (Hupe), and 3333 (Kuntz) are all considered to be
> > paired by the eminent scientists Zeigler, Korotev, Jolliff, Bunch, and
> > Irving. Of course, I'm not sure the NomCom rules allow such an official
> > pairing with NWA 773 after the fact, especially with no reliable
> > geographic coordinates. But then a future peer-reviewed journal
> > publication could make it officially "official" I believe. No matter,
> > the abstract is more than convincing if your own eyes have ever cast
> > doubt on their pairing. I have some revisions to make on my site.
> >
> > David
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