Antarctic Meteorite Petrographic Description

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• Meteorite
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• Microparticle Impacts
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Sample Petrographic Description

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample LAP 02224
Field Photo(s) :
Field photo image(s) courtesy of the ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample LAP 02224
Lab Photo(s) :

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample LAP 02224
Thin Section Photo(s) :

References for Sample LAP02224
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Korotev, R.L., and Zeigler, R.A., 2015, ANSMET Meteorites from the Moon. In Righter, K., Corrigan, C.M., McCoy, T.J., and Harvey, R.P. Meteorites: A Pictorial Guide to the Collection, First Edition, AGU Wiley, pp. 101-130.
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Fritz, J., 2012, Impact ejection of lunar meteorites and the age of Giordano Bruno. Icarus, 221 Issue 2, November-December 2012, 1183-1186, ISSN 0019-1035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.019.
Zhang, A., Hsu, W., Li Q., Liu, Y., Jiang Y., Tang G., 2010, SIMS Pb/Pb dating of Zr-rich minerals in lunar meteorites Miller Range 05035 and LaPaz Icefield 02224: Implications for the petrogenesis of mare basalt. Science China Earth Sciences, 53, 327-334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-0041-z.
Day, J. M., Pearson, D. G., Taylor, L. A., 2007, Highly siderophile element constraints on accretion and differentiation of the Earth-Moon system. Science, 315(5809), 217-219.
Day, J. M. D., Taylor, L. A., 2007, On the structure of mare basalt lava flows from textural analysis of the LaPaz Icefield and Northwest Africa 032 lunar meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 42, 3-17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00213.x.
Spicuzza, M. J., Day, J. M. D., Valley, J. W., Taylor, L. A., 2007, Oxygen isotope constraints on the origin and differentiation of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 253 Issues 1-2, 15-Jan-07, 254-265, ISSN 0012-821X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.030.
Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A., Downes, H., Russell, S. S., Kearsley, A. T., 2006, A petrological, mineralogical, and chemical analysis of the lunar mare basalt meteorite LaPaz Icefield 02205, 02224, and 02226. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41, 1003-1025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00500.x.
Day, J. M. D., Taylor, L. A., Floss, C., Patchen, A. D., Schnare, D. W., Pearson, D. G., 2006, Comparative petrology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of evolved, low-Ti lunar mare basalt meteorites from the LaPaz Icefield, Antarctica. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 Issue 6, 15-Mar-06, 1581-1600, ISSN 0016-7037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2005.11.015.
Korotev R. L., 2005, Lunar geochemistry as told by lunar meteorites. Chemie der Erde, 65, 297-346.
Righter, K., Collins, S. J., Brandon, A. D., 2005, Mineralogy and petrology of the LaPaz Icefield lunar mare basaltic meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 40, 1703-1722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00139.x.
Zeigler, R. A., Korotev, R. L., Jolliff, B. L., Haskin, L. A., 2005, Petrography and geochemistry of the LaPaz Icefield basaltic lunar meteorite and source crater pairing with Northwest Africa 032. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 40, 1073-1101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00174.x.