[meteorite-list] How Many Lunar Meteorites?

From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:01:54 -0700
Message-ID: <SNT117-W64E7215B9032A3CE851A4FD2820_at_phx.gbl>

That's an excellent Website - my thanks to Mr. Classen for providing all the latest additions of both lunars and matians and the nice pics.? I can't tell how many times I've looked at them to get the proper visualization of a lunar (and Martian) every time I go to the Mojave desert to hunt.? I know one is out there... somewhere.

Greg S.
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> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:28:35 -0400
> From: meteoritemike at gmail.com
> To: eric at meteoritesusa.com
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] How Many Lunar Meteorites?
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> For collector's purposes, Norbert Classen's listing is
> near-definitive. According to his last update, the number of lunar
> meteorites is 67, not counting pairings.
>
> http://www.meteoris.de/luna/list.html
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 8/23/10, Meteorites USA wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I know this has been talked about on-list but... I keep getting this
> > question, or people that say they have found a "Lunar" meteorite. I'm
> > wondering how many there actually are. I've heard numbers thrown about
> > haphazardly, but no one has been able to give me a clear and concise answer.
> >
> > The Met-Bull has "...130 records found for meteorites with historical
> > types that contain "Lunar"...'
> >
> > Does this mean there are 130 Lunar meteorites that have been recovered
> > and classified, Ever? Or is my search flawed? (as a side note, it also
> > says there are "...92 records found for meteorites with historical types
> > that contain "Martian"...")
> >
> > Dr. Randy Korotev's "List of Lunar Meteorites" on the Washinton
> > University website has the number at 140.
> > http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm
> >
> > Just for giggles I wanted to know how many total classified meteorites
> > there actually were on the planet.
> >
> > "...39146 valid meteorite names; 11959 provisional names; 4589 full-text
> > writeups..."
> >
> > That's a whopping 51,105 classifications. Wow!
> >
> > Doing some simple math, 130 Lunar meteorites out of 51,105 total
> > classifications means that "Lunars" only makeup about 0.254% of the
> > total number of meteorite ever classified. (0.180% for Martian meteorites).
> >
> > Are these number correct?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Eric
> >
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