Lot 483
MOON ROCK FROM A LUNAR METEORITE. Lunar meteorites are the most desirable and expensive of all the types of meteorites recovered and are even rarer than meteorites from Mars. For some reason, all of the recovered lunar meteorites except one are small and NWA 3163 is the second largest lunar meteorite found and it only weighed 1.634 Kg. It was found in the Sahara Desert in 2005 and has been classified as an extremely rare Feldspathic Granulite Lunar meteorite. This light gray meteorite has an unusual appearance compared to most other lunar meteorites being an almost uniform gray color laced with shock veins from the meteorite impact that caused it to be ejected from the Moon. This sizeable 14X13mm specimen weighs .750 gram has one edge of original dark brown fusion crust from its entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and clearly displays the shocked veins of maskelynite (shocked plagioclase) and also is composed of lesser amounts of pyroxene, olivine and chromite. This rare meteorite is similar to clasts in rock samples brought back by Apollo 15,16 and 17 astronauts. This very valuable meteorite comes with a Hupe Collection provenance and is housed in a clear membrane box and a 5.5 x 4.5 inch Riker box.
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Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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