Varieties of lunar meteorites recovered from Antarctica

• Main Authors: Keizo Yanai, Hideyasu Kojima
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1991
• Subjects: Allan Hills; Antarctic; MacAlpine Hills; The Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=4538; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00004538/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=4538&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

By the 1988-1989 field season, more than 10 specimens of lunar meteorites have been recovered in Antarctica by the U. S. and Japanese Expeditions. The specimens from the Yamato Mountains, Allan Hills and MacAlpine Hills (Y-791197,Y-82192/193,Y-86032 [1], ALHA81005 [2], MAC88104/105) are all plagiocl...