The MacAlpine Hills lunar meteorite and implications of the lunar meteorites collectively for the composition and origin of the moon

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Nov 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991gecoa..55.3123w&link_type=abstract

(The MacAlpine Hills Lunar Meteorite Consortium - Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 21st, Special Session, Houston, TX, Ma

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Breccia, Lunar Crust, Lunar Evolution, Meteoritic Composition, Regolith, Aluminum Oxides, Anorthosite, Magma, Magnesium Compounds, Olivine, Silicates

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The MAC88104/105 meteorite, a lunar highlands regolith breccia, is described. The rock and a number of its component clasts are characterized. One of the clasts is considered to be a rare pristine nonmare rock containing extraordinarily Fe-rich (Fo40) olivine; the other has silicate compositions that extend the range of the Mg-suite in the direction of the high-mg* end of the ferroan-anorthositic suite. For the major element composition of the crust, the highlands meteorites confirm that the two low-Th central nearside sites, Luna 20 and Apollo 16, are approximately representative. The high Al2O3 composition indicated for the upper crusts supports the magmasphere hypothesis. For the trace-element composition of the crust, the highlands meteorites indicate that the central nearside Apollo and Luna sites are in several respects grossly unrepresentative.

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