1. Randy L. Korotev,
Ryan A. Zeigler, &
Bradley L. Jolliff
Do we have a
meteorite from the
South Pole-Aitken
Basin of the Moon?

2. lunar farside %FeO ppm Th 5 10 15 20 2 6 10 12 4 8 feldspathic
highlands
feldspathic
highlands
Clementine
Lucey et al. (2000)
Lunar Prospector
Lawrence et al. (2000) 5 10 15 20 2 6 10 12 4 8
%FeO
ppm Th

3. lunar farside %FeO ppm Th 5 10 15 20 2 6 10 12 4 8 SPA SPA Clementine
Lucey et al. (2000)
Lunar Prospector
Lawrence et al. (2000) 5 10 15 20 2 6 10 12 4 8
%FeO
ppm Th

4. all lunar meteorites

5. linear Sm
log Sm
all lunar meteorites
KREEPic
basaltic
feldspathic

6. linear Sm log Sm all lunar meteorites KREEPic basaltic feldspathic
Calcalong
Creek
Dhofar
961
basaltic
feldspathic

7. nonmare lunar meteorites (i.e., those with <12% FeO)
“KREEP”
nonmare lunar meteorites
(i.e., those with <12% FeO)
SaU 169
anorthosite
Dhofar 489

8. nonmare lunar meteorites (i.e., those with <12% FeO)
Dhofar 733

9. nonmare lunar meteorites (i.e., those with <12% FeO)
SaU 169 IMB
SaU 169 RB
NWA 4472/85
Calcalong Creek
Dhofar 961

10. most ferroan
anorthosite is
An96-97 and
0.8 ± 0.1
µg/g Eu

11. Dhofar 733
Kalahari 008
Yamato 82/86

13. nonmare Apollo samples
N = 1860, mg
<12% FeO & <30 ppm Sc

14. nonmare Apollo samples with nonmare lunar meteorites
SaU 169

15. increasing phosphates
Na in plagioclase
alkali anorthosite
KREEP
SaU 169
plag
increasing phosphates
ol & px

16. nonmare Apollo samples
with nonmare lunar meteorites

17. Dhofar 733
Calcalong
Creek
Dhofar 961

18. Dhofar 961

19. Calc. Cr.
Dhofar 961

20. Apollo Mg-suite
norites & troctolites
Calc. Cr.
Dhofar 961

21. probably paired Dhofar 961 – our sample Dhofar 925, 49 g
photos by Norbert Classen

22. big grains of FeNi with composition like IAB irons1 2 3 4
5 mm
big grains of FeNi with composition like IAB irons
our sample
contains 0.7%
metal by mass