Visible and Near-Infrared Spectral Survey of Lunar Meteorites stored at the National Institute of Polar Research

This is a compilation of photographs and VNIR reflectance spectral data of lunar meteorites stored at NIPR measured while Takahiro Hiroi was a visiting professor at NIPR during the summer of 2010. The project was later funded by the Japanese Government grant (JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24540493). The detailed results were published as:

T. Hiroi, H. Kaiden, A. Yamaguchi, H. Kojima, K. Uemoto, M. Ohtake, T. Arai, S. Sasaki (2016) Visible and near-infrared spectral survey of lunar meteorites stored at the National Institute of Polar Research. Polar Sci. (Published online on June 10, 2016).

1. List of Examined Lunar Meteorite Samples and Measured Spots

Meteorite Name	Original Weight (g)	Classification	Paired Meteorite	Sub No.	Spots
Y-791197	52.4	Anorthositic regolith breccia		64	A, B
Y-793169	6.07	Unbrecciated basalt		22, 40
Y-793274	8.66	Basaltic regolith breccia		10	A
Y-82192	36.67	Anorthositic fragmental breccia	Y-86032	83	A
Y-82193	27.04	Anorthositic fragmental breccia	Y-86032	62	B, C
Y-86032	648.43	Anorthositic fragmental breccia		14	A, B, C, D, E
A-881757	442.12	Gabbro		60	A, B, C
Y 981031	185.83	Basaltic regolith breccia	Y-793274	20, 60	A, B, C, D, E
Y 983885	289.71	Anorthositic polymict breccia		79	A

2. Photographs of Measured Spots (Each spot is about 2×3 mm in size)

3. Wavelength vs Reflectance

You can download the spectral data in Excel format (.xls) or Comma-delimited format (.csv)