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Lunar Meteorites

Date: 03/11/2009
Size: 103 items
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Dhofar 1085 in-situ

Dhofar 1085 in-situ

The 197 grams of stones found in Oman in 2003 - Photo courtesy of Haberer-Meteorites

Date: 10/01/2003
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Dhofar 1085 - Lunar - .140 grams  Approved

Dhofar 1085 - Lunar - .140 grams Approved

We are happy to have this really nice thin slice of the Dhofar 1085 Lunar meteorite - the details and inclusions are fascinating!

Date: 01/01/2000
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Dhofar 1085 - Lunar - .140 grams

Dhofar 1085 - Lunar - .140 grams

It is classified as a feldspathic impact-melt breccia

Date: 01/01/2000
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Dhofar 1428 in-situ

Dhofar 1428 in-situ

A single 213 gram Lunar stone was found in the desert of the Dhofar region of Oman in 2006 - photo courtesy of Michael Farmer

Date: 04/19/2009
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Dhofar 1428 - Lunar - .10 grams Approved

Dhofar 1428 - Lunar - .10 grams Approved

We also obtained a thin slice of Dhofar 1428 - a darker colored sample than some of our others

Date: 01/01/2000
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Dhofar 1428 - Lunar - .10 grams

Dhofar 1428 - Lunar - .10 grams

Classified as an Achondrite - Lunar anorthositic breccia

Date: 01/01/2000
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Dhofar 1442 - Main Mass

Dhofar 1442 - Main Mass

Five brownish to dark green stones weighing 106.5 grams in total - with no fusion crust - were located within two meters of each other in Oman - photo courtesy Norbert Classen

Date: 10/03/2009
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Dhofar 1442 - Lunar - .055 grams  Approved

Dhofar 1442 - Lunar - .055 grams Approved

Our small sample has been classified as a lunar meteorite - it has higher concentrations of geochemically incompatible elements (K, P, Zr, REE, Th, U, etc.) than any lunar meteorite except SaU 169

Date: 10/03/2009
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Dhofar 1442 - Lunar - .055 grams

Dhofar 1442 - Lunar - .055 grams

It also has higher concentrations of incompatible elements than any lunar regolith sample - Apollo or meteorite

Date: 10/03/2009
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NEA 001 - Original Stone

NEA 001 - Original Stone

This 262 gram lunar meteorite was found in northern Sudan near the Libya/Egypt/Sudan boundary in April of 2002

Date: 06/08/2009
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NEA 001 - Lunar - .074 & .126 grams Approved

NEA 001 - Lunar - .074 & .126 grams Approved

Our two chunky samples are classified as an Anorthositic Regolith Breccia Lunar Meteorite (with a Mare component )

Date: 06/08/2009
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NEA 001 - Lunar - .074 & .126 grams

NEA 001 - Lunar - .074 & .126 grams

NEA actually stands for "Northeast Africa"

Date: 06/08/2009
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Moon rocks

Moon rocks

NASA exhibit of moon rocks on display in Houston, Texas

Date: 04/04/2009
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NWA 032 - Lunar - .034 grams  Approved

NWA 032 - Lunar - .034 grams Approved

A single stone of about 300 grams was found in Morocco in 1999 - we have this small fragment of the stone

Date: 01/01/2000
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NWA 032 - Lunar - .034 grams

NWA 032 - Lunar - .034 grams

It is classified as an olivine-pyroxene basalt

Date: 01/01/2000
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NWA 482 - Original Stone

NWA 482 - Original Stone

This 1,015 gram stone was purchased in 2001 in Alnif, Morocco, by Michael Farmer - it was then purchased from him by the Hupé brothers (along with Calcalong Creek from Robert Haag), a historic moment for private collectors! - photo Jim Strope

Date: 05/25/2009
Views: 1371
NWA 482 - Lunar - .060 grams Approved

NWA 482 - Lunar - .060 grams Approved

It is classified as a crystalline impact-melt breccia with lunar highland affinities - it is comparable to lunar samples like the Genesis Rock brought back by Apollo 15 because of the high concentration of anorthosite contained in the meteorite

Date: 05/25/2009
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NWA 482 - Lunar - .060 grams

NWA 482 - Lunar - .060 grams

Our awesome, snow-white fragment is from the freshest and the most pristine lunar meteorite ever found - NWA 482 - it has a great history, to read more visit: lunarrock.com!

Date: 05/25/2009
Views: 1178
NWA 2977 - Original Stone

NWA 2977 - Original Stone

This 233 gram meteorite was found in 2005 in Algeria - photo courtesy Michael Farmer

Date: 04/19/2009
Views: 1234
NWA 2977 - Lunar - .064 grams  Approved

NWA 2977 - Lunar - .064 grams Approved

We obtained this nice slice of the NWA 2977 stone - it has a tan to yellow crystal matrix and it is a very fresh sample!

Date: 01/01/2000
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NWA 2977 - Lunar - .064 grams

NWA 2977 - Lunar - .064 grams

It is classified as a complex fragmental and regolith breccia consisting of basalt and cumulate olivine gabbro

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1166
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