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Lunar Meteorite: Meteorite Hills (MET) 01210

Antarctica 




Fragments of MET 01210.
Tick marks are 1 mm apart.



Although a breccia consisteng mainly of basalt, it has some compositional and mineralogical features that suggest it is related to unbrecciated basalts Asuka 881757, Yamato 793169, and MIL 05035, all of which are likely launch paired (several rocks blasted off the Moon by one impact).

  

  
Listed in The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 88, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39, A215-A272 (2004)

Classification from Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2004

MET 01210

Sample No.: MET 01210
Location: Meteorite Hills
Field No.: 13805
Dimensions (cm): 4.0x2.2x1.7
Weight (g): 22.83

Meteorite Type: Lunar-Anorth. Breccia

[Authors comment: Although initially described as an anorthositic breccia, the meteorite is a breccia composed mainly of mare basalt, but with some anorthositic material (the white clasts in the photos above).]

Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite

30% of this meteorite’s exterior has brown/black fusion crust with some oxidation. The interior is a light gray matrix with abundant clasts. Minor weathering is visible. Gray, white and cream colored inclusions are visible on the exterior and interior.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach

The section shows a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene (up to 3 mm) and plagioclase with fine- to coarse-grained basaltic clasts ranging up to 1 mm. Most of the pyroxene is augite with compositions ranging from Fs37-84Wo13-36 (Fe/Mn ~ 70), and plagioclase An90-96. The meteorite is lunar, probably an anorthositic regolith breccia.

More Information

Meteoritical Bulletin Database

MET 01210

Map

ANSMET location Map

References

Arai T., Misawa K. and Kojima H. (2005) A new lunar meteorite MET 01210: Mare breccia with a low-Ti ferrobasalt (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, abstract no. 2361, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Arai T., Misawa K., and Kojima H. (2007) Lunar meteorite MIL 05035: mare basalt paired with Asuka-881757 (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII, abstract no. 1582, 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.

Arai T., Hawke B. R., and Giguere T. A. (2008) Antarctic lunar meteorites from cryptomaria of the Moon (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX, abstract no. 2423, 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.

Day J. M. D., Floss C., Taylor L. A., Anand M. and Patchen A. D. (2006) Evolved mare basalt magmatism, high Mg/Fe feldspathic crust, chondritic impactors, and the petrogenesis of Antarctic lunar breccia meteorites Meteorite Hills 01210 and Pecora Escarpment 02007. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 5957–5989.

Huber H. and Warren P. H. (2005) MET01210: Another lunar mare meteorite (regolith breccia) with extensive pyroxene exsolution, and not part of the YQ launch pair (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, abstract no. 2401, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Joy K. H., Crawford I. A., Russell S. S., Swinyard B., Kellett B., and Grande M. (2006) Lunar regolith breccias MET 01210, PCA 02007 and DAG 400: Their importance in understanding the lunar surface and implications for the scientific analysis of D-CIXS data (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII, abstract no. 1274, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Joy K. H., Crawford I. A., and Russell S. S. (2006) The petrography and geochemistry of lunar meteorite regolith breccia MET 01210 (abstract). 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, abstract no. 5221. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Korotev R. L. (2005) Lunar geochemistry as told by lunar meteorites. Chemie der Erde 65, 297–346.

Korotev R. L and Irving A. J. (2005) Compositions of three lunar meteorites: Meteorite Hills 01210, Northeast Africa 001, and Northwest Africa 3136 (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, abstract no. 1220, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Korotev R. L, Zeigler R. A., Jolliff B. L., Irving A. J., and Bunch T. E. (2009) Compositional and lithological diversity among brecciated lunar meteorites of intermediate iron composition. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44, 1287–1322.

Nishiizumi K., Hillegonds D. J., and Welten K. C. (2006) Exposure and terrestrial histories of lunar meteorites LAP 02205/02224/02226/02436, MET 01210, and PCA 02007 (abstract), In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII, abstract no. 2369, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Patchen A. D., Taylor L. A., and Day J. M. D. (2005) Mineralogy and petrography of lunar mare regolith breccia meteorite MET 01-210 (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, abstract no. 1411, 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.

Righter K. and Bussey B. (2006) Mineralogy and petrology of the mare basalt-rich breccia MET 01210 (abstract). 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, abstract no. 5364. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Terada K., Sasaki Y., Anand M., Joy K. H., Sano Y. (2007) Uranium-lead systematics of phosphates in lunar basaltic regolith breccia, Meteorite Hills 01210. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.029.

Terada K., Sasaki Y., Anand M., Joy K. H., and Sana Y. (2007) U-Pb systematics of phosphates in lunar basaltic regolith breccia, MET 01210 (abstract). Antarctic Meteorites XXXI, p. 97–98, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo.

Zeigler R. A., Korotev R. L., Jolliff B. J., and Haskin L. A. (2005) Petrography of lunar meteorite MET 01210, a new basaltic regolith breccia (abstract). In Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, abstract no. 2385, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Zeigler R. A., Korotev R. L., and Jolliff B. L. (2007) Miller Range 05035 and Meteorite Hills 01210: Two basaltic lunar meteorites, both likely source-crater paired with Asuka 881757 and Yamato 793169 (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII, abstract no. 2110. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

Chemical Classification

Overview | MET 01210 | Basaltic Lunar Meteorites


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Prepared by:

Randy L. Korotev


Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis


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Last revised: 23-Oct-2009