Multiple lithic clasts in lunar breccia Northwest Africa 7948 and implication for the lithologic components of lunar crust

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Zeng, Xiaojia, Joy, Katherine H., Li, Shijie, Pernet-Fisher, John F., Li, Xiongyao, Martin, Dayl J. P., Li, Yang, Wang, Shijie
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: WILEY 2018
• Subjects: Geochemistry & Geophysics; REGOLITH BRECCIA; METEORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOON; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; SURFACE; MAGMATISM; EVOLUTION; MARE; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://ir.gig.ac.cn/handle/344008/38513; https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13049

This study presents the petrography, mineralogy, and bulk composition of lunar regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7948. We identify a range of lunar lithologies including basaltic clasts (very low-titanium and low-titanium basalts), feldspathic lithologies (ferroan anorthosite, magnes...