A dunite fragment in meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11421: A piece of the Moon's mantle

AH Treiman, J Semprich - American Mineralogist, 2023 - degruyter.com
A centimeter-sized fragment of dunite, the first recognized fragment of Moon mantle material,
has been discovered in the lunar highlands breccia meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) …

Petrographic and geochemical analysis of lunar meteorite NWA 11788: Parallels with Luna 20 and the Apollo magnesian granulites

CR Hulsey, KM O'Sullivan - Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The first in‐depth geochemical and petrological analyses of new lunar meteorite Northwest
Africa (NWA) 11788 were conducted with the aim of better understanding the diversity of …

Lithologies and chronologic opportunities of materials to be returned from the Artemis exploration zone

RV Patterson, TJ Lapen, DA Kring… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Artemis exploration zone is a geologically complex region likely to host some of the
oldest and as‐yet‐unstudied materials on the Moon. We review six potential Artemis landing …

Constraining the Protoliths of the Apollo Granulite Suite

JF Pernet-Fisher, KH Joy, M Nottingham… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The Apollo granulite suite represents the metamorphosed products of impact-contaminated
polymict and monomict lunar breccias. We combine bulk and mineral major and trace …

Tissintite‐II in Lunar Meteorite Northwest Africa 13967: Implications for the High Pressure/Temperature Mineralogy of the Lunar Regolith

A Wittmann, CR Kroemer, M Wadhwa… - … & Planetary Science, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
We studied lunar regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 13967 to explore its
mineral and clast inventory with special focus on the ubiquitous occurrence of tissintite‐II, a …

Characterization of primary silicate minerals in Earth‐like bodies via Raman spectroscopy

S Huang, B Xue, Y Zhao, J Yang - Journal of Raman …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The examination and identification of silicate minerals are critical for advancing our
understanding of the evolutionary journey of Earth‐like bodies. To facilitate an efficient and …

[HTML][HTML] Progress of Planetary Science in China

HUI Hejiu, R Zhao**, Z **hai, HU Sen, LIN Honglei… - 空间科学学报, 2022 - cjss.ac.cn
The national and international progress in deep space exploration has greatly promoted the
development of planetary science in China. Substantial progress in different areas of …

Geochemistry of Lunar Meteorite Northwest Africa 11788: Expanding Understanding of Lunar Rock Types Through Detailed Investigations of Clast and Matrix …

B Acevedo - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Lunar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11788 is a feldspathic regolith breccia.
This study presents the results of electron microprobe and laser ablation inductively coupled …