A Unique Dunite Clast in a Lunar Meteorite

Daniel presents lunar meteorite findings at 85th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society

Vogt Scholar Daniel Sheikh reports: “I recently had the opportunity to present some of my research at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held in Glasgow in August. In this talk, I presented on a unique dunite clast (photo left) found within one of my lunar meteorite samples for research, and implications on how it likely formed. This is a component of the larger research focus that I am involved in, which is to constrain the range of lunar lithologies found in lithic clasts from lunar meteorites and to characterize the degree of shock deformation imposed on each of them.”