Geochemistry and petrography of the MacAlpine Hills lunar meteorites

• Main Authors: Lindstrom, Marilyn M., Mckay, David S., Wentworth, Susan J., Martinez, Rene R., Mittlefehldt, David W., Wang, Ming-Sheng, Lipschutz, Michael E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: 91; MacAlpine Hills; antartic*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19920032184

MacAlpine Hills 88104 and 88105, anorthositic lunar meteorites recovered form the same area in Antartica, are characterized. Petrographic studies show that MAC88104/5 is a polymict breccia dominated by impact melt clasts. It is better classified as a fragmental breccia than a regolith breccia. The b...