Exciting stuff! Do you have hints yet about the terrestial age?
Jelously, Buckleboo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:04 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163 > Hi Rob and list members, > > I am more than happy to share the pictures. In fact, here is a list of the > largest specimens with photo links: > > 1,121g main mass > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163mainmass.jpg > > 74.1g complete slice, polished both sides (SOLD) > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/nwa3163slice2c.jpg > > 48.7g complete slice, polished both sides > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163-48_7.jpg > > 45.2g complete slice, polished both sides > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163-45_2.jpg > > 25.3g part slice, polished one side > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163-25_3.jpg > > 23.7g complete slice, polished one side > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163-23_7.jpg > > 12.1g end cut, polished face > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163-12_1.jpg > > 7.1g part slice, polished one side > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163-7_1.jpg > > 7g complete slice, polished one side > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163-7.jpg > > I have many smaller part slices which I have not photographed yet. > > Take care and enjoy the pictures, > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Greg Hupe'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 7:24 PM > Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163 > > > Beautiful lunar meteorite, Greg! Thanks for the links to all the drool- > producing images! I'm sure are resident lunatic Norbert will agree... > > --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163 > > > Dear List Members, > > I am very pleased to announce the discovery of a new Lunar meteorite, NWA > 3163. > > Here is what we know at this point: > NWA 3163 (Provisional) - Ultra-Rare Lunar Feldspathic Granulite Meteorite > > A single 1,634 gram meteorite, believed to have been found in Mauritania or > Algeria, was purchased in Morocco in August 2005 by Greg Hupé, who thought > at first that it may be an unusual eucrite or diogenite. Actually it is a > Lunar Feldspathic Granulite and represents the largest known sample of this > rare rock type available for scientific study. It is composed primarily of > maskelynite (shocked plagioclase) with lesser amounts of pyroxene, olivine, > chromite and other minerals. This extremely rare type of lunar rock is > known from small clasts in a few Apollo 15, 16 and 17 samples. > > Click here for image of Main Mass > > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/nwa3163a.jpg > > <snip> > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
