Mineralogy and petrogenesis of lunar magnesian granulitic meteorite Northwest Africa 5744OPEN ACCESS
Kent, J. J., Brandon, A. D., Joy, K. H., Peslier, A. H., Lapen, T. J., Irving, A. J. and Coleff, D. M. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12898 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar meteorite Northwest…
The production rate of cosmogenic deuterium at the Moon’s surface
Evelyn Füri, Etienne Deloule, Reto Trappitsch Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 474, 15 September 2017, Pages 76–82 LINK “Highlights • The deuterium content of olivines from eight mare basalts is determined by SIMS. •…
Valence of Ti, V, and Cr in Apollo 14 aluminous basalts 14053 and 14072
Simon, S. B. and Sutton, S. R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12908 LINK “The valences of Ti, V, and Cr in olivine and pyroxene, important indicators of the fO2 of the source region of…
3.1 Ga crystallization age for magnesian and ferroan gabbro lithologies in the Northwest Africa 773 clan of lunar meteorites
B.J. Shaulis, M. Righter, T.J. Lapen, B.L. Jolliff, A.J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 June 2017 LINK “The Northwest Africa (NWA) 773 clan of meteorites is a group…
Update (2012–2017) on lunar meteorites from Oman.
Korotev, R. L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12869 LINK “This report presents bulk composition data for 10 lunar meteorite stones from Oman for which the names have been approved since June, 2012. On the…
Enigmatic cathodoluminescent objects in the Dhofar 025 lunar meteorite: Origin and sources
Petrology March 2017, Volume 25, Issue 2, pp 139–149 10.1134/S0869591117020023 LINK Original Russian Text © S.I. Demidova, M.A. Nazarov, K.M. Ryazantsev, M.O. Anosova, T. Ntaflos, F. Brandstätter, 2017, published in Petrologiya, 2017, Vol. 25, No….
The Unique Crowdfunded Oued Awlitis 001 Lunar Meteorite – A Consortium Overview
L. Ferrière, M. M. M. Meier, V. Assis Fernandes, J. Fritz, A. Greshake, J.-A. Barrat, U. Böttger, A. Bouvier, F. Brandstätter, H. Busemann, R. L. Korotev, C. Maden, T. Magna, Ph. Schmitt-Kopplin, D. L. Schrader,…
Further evidence for early lunar magnetism from troctolite 76535
Garrick-Bethell, I., B. P. Weiss, D. L. Shuster, S. M. Tikoo, and M. M. Tremblay J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi: 10.1002/2016JE005154 Accepted manuscript online: 7 December 2016 LINK “The earliest history of the lunar…
Reported sulfate mineral in lunar meteorite PCA 02007 is impact glass.
Gross, J., Treiman, A. H. and Harlow, G. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12741 LINK “A grain of light-blue sulfate material was reported in the lunar highlands regolith meteorite PCA 02007 (Satterwhite and Righter…
Thermal and irradiation history of lunar meteorite Dhofar 280.
Korochantseva, E. V., Buikin, A. I., Hopp, J., Lorenz, C. A., Korochantsev, A. V., Ott, U. and Trieloff, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12732 First published: 26 September 2016 LINK “Dhofar 280 recorded a…
Petrogenesis of the Northwest Africa 4898 high-Al mare basalt.
Li, S., Hsu, W., Guan, Y., Wang, L. and Wang, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12663 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 4898 is the only low-Ti, high-Al basaltic lunar meteorite yet recognized. It predominantly consists…
Geochemistry of the lunar highlands as revealed by measurements of thermal neutrons
Patrick N. Peplowski, Andrew W. Beck, David J. Lawrence Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 10.1002/2015JE004950 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Thermal neutron emissions from the lunar surface provide a direct measure of bulk elemental composition that can…
High crustal diversity preserved in the lunar meteorite Mount DeWitt 12007 (Victoria Land, Antarctica)
Collareta, A., D’Orazio, M., Gemelli, M., Pack, A. and Folco, L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12597 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK The meteorite Mount DeWitt (DEW) 12007 is a polymict regolith…
Mineralogy and petrology of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 2977 consisting of olivine cumulate gabbro including inverted pigeonite
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Yuzuru Karouji, Hiroshi Takeda, Timothy Fagan, Mitsuru Ebihara, Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:200 (12 December 2015) doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0368-y LINK (open access) “nar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 2977 is identified as…
The chlorine isotope fingerprint of the lunar magma ocean
By Jeremy W. Boyce, Allan H. Treiman, Yunbin Guan, Chi Ma, John M. Eiler, Juliane Gross, James P. Greenwood, Edward M. Stolper Science Advances 25 Sep 2015: Vol. 1, no. 8, e1500380 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500380 LINK…
Widespread occurrence of (per)chlorate in the Solar System
W. Andrew Jackson, Alfonso F. Davila, Derek W.G. Sears, John D. Coates, Christopher P. McKay, Maeghan Brundrett, Nubia Estrada, J.K. Böhlke Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 470–476 LINK “Perchlorate…
A New Lunar High-Ti Basalt Type Defined from Clasts in Apollo 16 Breccia 60639
A.L. Fagan, C.R. Neal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 31 August 2015 LINK
The earliest Lunar Magma Ocean differentiation recorded in Fe isotopes
Kun Wang, Stein B. Jacobsen, Fatemeh Sedaghatpour, Heng Chen, Randy L. Korotev Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 202–208 LINK
Extensive volatile loss during formation and differentiation of the Moon
Chizu Kato, Frederic Moynier, Maria C. Valdes, Jasmeet K. Dhaliwal, James M.D. Day Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7617 doi:10.1038/ncomms8617 LINK (open access)
Lunar meteorite Yamato-983885: Noble gases, nitrogen and cosmic ray exposure history
Ramakant R. Mahajan Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.003 LINK
Petrogenesis of primitive and evolved basalts in a cooling Moon: Experimental constraints from the youngest known lunar magmas
Stephen M. Elardo, Charles K. Shearer, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Aaron S. Bell Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 422, 15 July 2015, Pages 126–137 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.014 LINK We have conducted high-temperature experiments…
Origin of native silicon and iron silicides in the Dhofar 280 lunar meteorite
M. A. Nazarov, S. I. Shornikov, S. I. Demidova Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 168-175 LINK
Possible serpentine relicts in lunar meteorites
S. I. Demidova, M. A. Nazarov, T. Ntaflos, F. Brandstätter Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 116-126 LINK
Diverse impactors in Apollo 15 and 16 impact melt rocks: evidence from osmium isotopes and highly siderophile elements
Jingao Liu, Miriam Sharp, Richard D. Ash, David A. Kring, Richard J. Walker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 14 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.004 LINK
A rock fragment related to the magnesian suite in lunar meteorite Allan Hills (ALHA) 81005
Allan H. Treiman, Juliane Gross American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-4800 v. 100 no. 2-3 p. 414-426 LINK
Constraining the source regions of lunar meteorites using orbital geochemical data
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12412 Calzada-Diaz, A., Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A. and Nordheim, T. A. (2015) LINK
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NO MOON IN VIENNA – Fundraising to acquire lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 has unfortunately failed
UNFORTUNATELY THE ACQUISITION OF OUED AWLITIS 001 FOR THE NHM in VIENNA HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL The acquisition of the beautiful lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 (410,43 g) for the meteorite collection of the Museum…
Excavation of the lunar mantle by basin-forming events on the Moon
Katarina Miljković, Mark A. Wieczorek, Gareth S. Collins, Sean C. Solomon, David E. Smith, Maria T. Zuber Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 409, 1 January 2015, Pages 243–251 LINK
H and Cl isotope systematics of apatite in brecciated lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 4472, Northwest Africa 773, Sayh al Uhaymir 169, and Kalahari 009
Tartèse, R., Anand, M., Joy, K. H. and Franchi, I. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12398 LINK
Implications for the origins of pure anorthosites found in the feldspathic lunar meteorites, Dhofar 489 group
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Hiroshi Takeda, Yuzuru Karouji, Makiko Ohtake, Akira Yamaguchi, Shigekazu Yoneda and Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:115 doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-115 Published: 10 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK Remote observation by the reflectance spectrometers…
U-Pb zircon dating of the lunar meteorite Dhofar 1442
S. I. Demidova, M. A. Nazarov, M. O. Anosova, Yu. A. Kostitsyn, Th. Ntaflos, F. Brandstaetter Petrology January 2014, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 1-16 LINK
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Oued El Hamim 003 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18237 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18222 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18223 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18206 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 18205 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18122 (Eucrite)
- Ganq 027 (L3)
- Dalangtan 004 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18188 (LL3)
- Hammadah al Hamra 348 (Ureilite)
- Gadamis 010 (Angrite)
- Northwest Africa 18184 (CV3)
- Sabkhat Arryd 002 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Northwest Africa 18180 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18181 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18183 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Yagan 003 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18164 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 18163 (Winonaite)
