[meteorite-list] Chips Off an Old Lava Flow (Lunar MeteoriteKalahari 009)

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:17:44 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <996543.76252.qm_at_web30713.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thank you for that post, Jerry,

I think the term Pre-Mare Basalt is a good one for
now. It looks like the terms "Highlands" and "Mare"
are beginning to show their age as is the H.E.D.O.
system for describing some achondrites. The diversity
of Lunar meteorites is starting to stress the simple
Highlands/Mare designations adopted by the NASA Apollo
group.

Best Regards,

Adam
 


--- Jerry <grf2 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Adam, how about, basalt like mare basalt!
>
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec07/cryptomareSample.html
> Jerry Flaherty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chips Off an Old Lava
> Flow (Lunar
> MeteoriteKalahari 009)
>
>
> >I was finally able to put a finger on what has been
> > bothering me with the most recent press release
> about
> > Kalahari 009. I do not see how it can be called a
> > "Mare" basalt. Everything I have read suggests
> that
> > "Mare" Basalts can be no older than 3.9 billion
> years.
> > Kalahari 009's 4.35 billion year old age would
> exclude
> > it from be considered a "Mare" from everything I
> have
> > learned. Perhaps somebody more knowledgeable than
> I
> > can enlighten me on this subject? To me, it is a
> very
> > old Basalt, nothing more, nothing less.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
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