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Lunar Meteorite - A Piece of the Moon
$16,229.48
£12,000
€14,207.16
CA$22,438.67
A$25,135.09
CHF 13,201.86
MX$305,634.58
NOK 167,178.60
SEK 158,697.45
DKK 106,033.52
About the Item
A beautiful section of the lunar meteorite Gadamis 003, discovered in the oasis Berber town of Ghadames, Libya, and revealing a magnificent greyish-white spotted interior, evoking the surface of the Moon as seen by the eye on a clear night.
Anorthosite
Height: 8.4 cm
Weight: 66.85 g
Lunar meteorites are created when rock is ejected from the Moon’s surface by impacts of asteroids or other meteorites. Leaving the Moon’s atmosphere, they are eventually caught in the gravitational field of a nearby planet. After being trapped in orbit for thousands, if not millions of years, they eventually land.
Samples of the Moon are among the rarest substances on our planet. The very first lunar meteorite to be discovered on Earth was found on 17 January 1982, a decade after the last Apollo mission. This specimen and those recovered since have proved invaluable to the understanding of the history and geological evolution of the Earth’s only satellite.
Gadamis 003 is a ferroan anorthosite and is noted for being the closest rock match to the samples brought back from the Apollo 16 mission. It is not fully understood how these lunar rocks formed, but they are thought to be pieces of the original crust of the Moon.
PROVENANCE
Discovered in Ghadames, Nalut District, Libya (30.284 ° N, 11.005 ° E)
in 2021.
PUBLISHED
Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110 (2022).
- Dimensions:Height: 3.31 in (8.4 cm)Diameter: 1.97 in (5 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:4.55 billion years before present
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 432221stDibs: LU1052243523122
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