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Lot 921
Lunar Meteorite Dhofar 911. This complete end cut of Lunar meteorite Dhofar 911 is 22mmX10X5mm and weighs .928 gram. End cuts of meteorites are particulary valued because one end is natural showing the texture and fusion crust (if present) while the other end has been polished to show the interior of the meteorite. Lunar meteorites are the most desirable and expensive of all the types of metrorites recovered from planetary bodies and are even rarer than meteorites from Mars. For some reason, all of the recovered lunar meteorites except one are small and Dhofar 911 is no different with all 9 meteorites found weighing only a total of 194 grams. These valuable small meteorites were found in the Dhofar region of the Oman desert in 2003. It has been classified as a Lunar feldspathic impact melt breccia from the Lunar highlands which means that it is a mixture of several different types of moon rocks rich in Feldspar. The Lunar highlands are the features on the moon that appear to be bright when viewed from the Earth but are actually heavily cratered area. These basaltic Lunar rocks were melted and partially mixed together when a large meteorite crashed into the moon millions of years ago. This rock mixture was vaporized and ejected from the moon and eventually made its way to the earth This colorful end cut has hues of browns and light grays with darker gray shock boundaries with various shaped white inclusions. The very valuable meteorite is large enough to be held in ones hand and is housed in a clear membrane box and a 8X6 inch Riker box and an authenticity card from the Hupe Collection.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300.
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