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Just thought you might like to see this Lunar - truly eye candy, it is extremely unique. The Dhofar finds, unlike NWA have specific coordinates which is refreshing. BTW, that is a nice Guadalupe y Calvo iron that was posted, congratulations, as was Sta Clara (from Andi?)
Dho 1442 - Greatest LUNAR recently approved in the Meteoritical Bulletin. Earthshaking - and literally Moonshattering! Rarely found KREEP Impact Melt Breccia with Mare Basalt! Meteorite is an impact melt breccia containing lithic clasts, mineral fragments, glassy spherules, granulites and melt breccias embedded in a fine-grained melt matrix. The breccia is extremely heterogeneous in a content of large clasts, the matrix/clasts ratio is varying from sample to sample of the meteorite. The lithic clasts population is presented by anorthosites, gabbroes, olivine gabbro-norites, gabbro-norites and norites. A KREEP and lunar mare basalt are present. The size range of the clasts is 0.02-8 mm; the main minerals are pyroxene and feldspar; minor - olivine, silica, chromite, ilmenite, Ca-phosphate, troilite and FeNi metal. Some crust around indented area. Get it while you have the chance, the total known weight including recent straining search in the minutiae of the strewn field has yielded 126 grams total. Given the amazing characteristics of this little specimen...
from:
http://www.diogenite.com/t1ns.htm
Best wishes
D
Just thought you might like to see this Lunar - truly eye candy, it is extremely unique. The Dhofar finds, unlike NWA have specific coordinates which is refreshing. BTW, that is a nice Guadalupe y Calvo iron that was posted, congratulations, as was Sta Clara (from Andi?)
Dho 1442 - Greatest LUNAR recently approved in the Meteoritical Bulletin. Earthshaking - and literally Moonshattering! Rarely found KREEP Impact Melt Breccia with Mare Basalt! Meteorite is an impact melt breccia containing lithic clasts, mineral fragments, glassy spherules, granulites and melt breccias embedded in a fine-grained melt matrix. The breccia is extremely heterogeneous in a content of large clasts, the matrix/clasts ratio is varying from sample to sample of the meteorite. The lithic clasts population is presented by anorthosites, gabbroes, olivine gabbro-norites, gabbro-norites and norites. A KREEP and lunar mare basalt are present. The size range of the clasts is 0.02-8 mm; the main minerals are pyroxene and feldspar; minor - olivine, silica, chromite, ilmenite, Ca-phosphate, troilite and FeNi metal. Some crust around indented area. Get it while you have the chance, the total known weight including recent straining search in the minutiae of the strewn field has yielded 126 grams total. Given the amazing characteristics of this little specimen...
from:
http://www.diogenite.com/t1ns.htm
Best wishes
D
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