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Known Lunar Meteorites

(10 basaltic, 49 feldspathic, and 21 mingled; total mass = 64950.388 g)

Basaltic (total mass = 7640.3 g)

No. Name Year Found Rock Type Mass (g) Found
B1 Yamato
793169
1991 Unbrecciated Basalt 6.1 Antarctica
B2 Asuka 881757 1989 Gabbro 442 Antarctica
B3 Northwest Africa
032, 479
1999 Unbrecciated Basalt ~300, 156 Africa
B4 Northeast Africa
003
2000 Unbrecciated Basalt 124 Africa
B5 Northwest Africa
773, 2700, 2727, 2977, 3160
, 3170, 6950, 3333, 7007, NWAAnoual
2000, 2004, 2005 Gabbro 60, 6, 33, 1649, 5.9, 633, 31.7, 191.2, 233, 34 Africa
B6 Dhofar
287
2001 Unbrecciated Basalt 154 Asia
B7 LaPaz Icefield
02205, 02224, 02226, 02436, 03632, 04841
2002-2004 Unbrecciated Basalt 1226.3, 252, 244.1, 59.0, 93, 56 Antarctica
B8 Miller Range
05035
2006 Unbrecciated Basalt 142 Antarctica
B9 Northwest Africa
4898
2007 Unbrecciated Basalt 137 Africa
B10 Northwest Africa
4734
2007 Unbrecciated Basalt 1372 Africa

 

Feldspathic (total mass = 38068.128 g)

No. Name Year Found Rock Type Mass (g) Found
F1 Yamato
791197
1979 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 52.4 Antarctica
F2 Allan Hills
81005
1982 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 31.39 Antarctica
F3 Yamato
82192, 82193, 86032
1982, 1986 Anorthositic Fragmental Breccia 37, 27, 648 Antarctica
F4 MacAlpine Hills
88104, 88105
1989 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 61, 663 Antarctica
F5 Queen Alexandra
93069, 94269
1993 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 21.4, 3.1 Antarctica
F6 Dar al Gani
262, 996, 1042, 1048
1997, 1999, 2001 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 513, 12.31, 801, 1 Africa
F7 Dar al Gani
400
, 1058
1998 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 1815, 1425 Africa
F8 Dhofar
081, 280, 910, 1224
2001, 2003 Anorthositic Fragmental Breccia 174, 251.2, 142, 4.57 Asia
F9 Dhofar
025, 301, 304, 308
2000 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 751, 9, 10, 2 Asia
F10 Dhofar
026, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468
2000, 2001 Anorthositic Granulitic Breccia 148, 99.5, 36.7, 31.5, 73.1, 33.7, 44.7, 24.3, 22.3, 70.7, 69.2, 36.2, 18.9 Asia
F11 Northwest Africa
482
2001 Anorthositic Impact Melt Breccia 1015 Africa
F12 Dhofar
302
2001 Anorthositic impact-melt breccia 3.83 Asia
F13 Dhofar
303, 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 489, 730, 731, 908, 909, 911, 950, 1085
2003 Anorthositic Impact Melt Breccia 4.15, 34.11, 12.86, 50, 81.3, 10.8, 4, 34.4, 108, 36, 245(9), 3.9, 194(9), 21.7, 197(4) Asia
F14 Dhofar
490, 1084
2003 Anorthositic Fragmental Breccia 34.05, 90 Asia
F15 Dhofar
733
2002 Anorthositic Granulitic Breccia 98 Asia
F16 Northeast Africa
001
2002 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 262 Africa
F17 Pecora Escarpment
02007
2003 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 22.4 Antarctica
F18 Northwest Africa
2200
2004 Anorthositic Impact Melt Breccia 552 Africa
F19 Northwest Africa
3163
, 4483, 4881, 6275
2005, 2010 Anorthositic granulitic breccia 208, 606, 1.0, 1634 Africa
F20 Dhofar
1428
2006 Anorthositic Granulitic Breccia 213 Asia
F21 Dhofar
1443, 1436
2001, 2004 Anorthositic breccia 36.7, 24.2 Asia
F22 Northwest Africa
2998
, 7262
2012, 2006 Anorthositic breccia 413, 163 Africa
F23 Graves Nunataks
06157
2007 Anorthositic Breccia 0.8 Antarctica
F24 Larkman Nunataks
06638
2007 Anorthositic Breccia 5.29 Antarctica
F25 Northwest Africa
5000
2007 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 11528 Africa
F26 Northwest Africa
4936, 5406
, 6221, 6355, 6470, 6570, 6687, 7190
2008, 2010, 2011, 2007 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 109.4, 760, 96, 415, 42.4, 5.3, 172, 281 Africa
F27 Sayh al Uhaymir
449
2008 Anorthositic Impact Melt Breccia 16.5 Asia
F28 Sayh al Uhaymir
300
2004 Polymict Impact Melt Breccia 152.6 Asia
F29 Northwest Africa
4932
2007 Anorthositic Impact Melt Breccia 93 Africa
F30 Miller Range
07006
2007 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 1.368 Antarctica
F31 Shisr 160 2008 Anorthositic regolith breccia 101 Asia
F32 Shisr 161 2008 Anorthositic fragmental breccia 57 Asia
F33 Northwest Africa
5744
2009 Anorthositic granulitic breccia 170 Africa
F34 Jiddat al Harasis
348
2008 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 18.7 Asia
F35 Shisr 162 2006 Anorthositic impact melt breccia 5530 Asia
F36 Shisr 166 2008 Anorthositic impact melt breccia 128.8 Asia
F37 Dhofar
1527
2009 Anorthositic impact melt breccia 42.6 Asia
F38 Dhofar
1528
2009 Anorthositic breccia 213 Asia
F39 Miller Range
090034, 090036, 090070, 090075
2009 Anorthositic regolith breccia 195.6, 245, 137.5, 143.5 Antarctica
F40 Dhofar
1627
2010 Anorthositic impact melt breccia 86.1 Asia
F41 Northwest Africa
6481
2010 Anorthositic impact melt breccia 13.7 Africa
F42 Northwest Africa
6578
2010 Anorthositic granulitic breccia 1638 Africa
F43 Dhofar
1673
2011 Anorthositic breccia 15.1 Asia
F44 Northwest Africa
6721
2011 Anorthositic fragmental breccia 181 Africa
F45 Northwest Africa
6888
2011 Anorthositic regolith breccia 208 Western Sahara
F46 Northwest Africa
7022
2011 Anorthositic fragmental breccia 444 Northwest Africa
F47 Dhofar
1669
2010 Anorthositic breccia 3.3 Asia
F48 Northwest Africa
7274
2012 Anorthositic breccia 373 Northwest Africa
F49 Northwest Africa
7493
2012 Breccia 503 Africa

 

"Mingled" or mixed basaltic + feldspathic (total mass = 19241.96 g)

No. Name Year Found Rock Type Mass (g) Found
M1 Yamato
793274, 981031
1980 Anorthosite-bearing Basaltic Regolith Breccia 8.7, 186 Antarctica
M2 Elephant Moraine
87521, 96008
1988 Basaltic or Gabbroic Fragmental Breccia 31, 53 Antarctica
M3 Calcalong Creek 1990 Basaltic-bearing Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 19 Australia
M4 Queen Alexandra
94281
1994 Anorthosite-bearing Basaltic Regolith Breccia 23.4 Antarctica
M5 Kalahari
008, 009
1999 Anorthositic Regolith / Basaltic Fragmental Breccias 598, 13500 Africa
M6 Yamato
983885
1999 Basalt-bearing Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 290 Antarctica
M7 Meteorite Hills
01210
2001 Anorthosite-bearing Basaltic Fragmental Breccia 22.8 Antarctica
M8 Sayh al Uhaymir
169
2002 Basalt-bearing Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 206.45 Asia
M9 Dhofar
925, 960, 961
2003 Basalt-bearing Anorthositic Impact Melt Breccia 49, 35.4, 21.6 Asia
M10 Northwest Africa
3136
2004 Anorthosite-bearing Basaltic Regolith Breccia 95.1 Africa
M11 Dhofar
1180
2005 Basalt-bearing Anorthositic Fragmental Breccia 121 Asia
M12 Northwest Africa
2995, 2996, 3190, 4503, 5151, 5152
, 6252, 6554, 6555
2005-2010, 2005 Basalt-bearing Anorthositic Fragmental Breccia 113, 138, 29.7, 538, 984, 41, 70, 289, 38 Africa
M13 Northwest Africa
4472, 4485
2006 Anorthosite-bearing Basaltic Breccia 64.3, 188 Africa
M14 Northwest Africa
4884
2007 Anorthosite-bearing Basaltic Regolith Breccia 42 Africa
M15 Northwest Africa
4819
2007 Anorthositic regolith breccia 234 Africa
M16 Dhofar
1442
2005 Anorthositic regolith breccia 106.5 Asia
M17 Northwest Africa
5207
2007 Anorthositic fragmental breccia 101 Africa
M18 Northwest Africa
5153
2007 Anorthositic fragmental breccia 50 Africa
M19 Lynch
002
2010 Breccia 36.5 Western Australia
M20 Dhofar
1629
2007 Breccia 2.51 Asia
M21 Northwest Africa
7611
2012 Basalt-bearing feldspathic fragmental breccia 916 Africa