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Dhofar 1085 in-situ
The 197 grams of stones found in Oman in 2003 - Photo courtesy of Haberer-Meteorites
Date: 10/01/03
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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: 01/01/00
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Dhofar 1085 - Lunar - .140 grams
It is classified as a feldspathic impact-melt breccia
Date: 01/01/00
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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: 04/19/09
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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: 01/01/00
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Dhofar 1428 - Lunar - .10 grams
Classified as an Achondrite - Lunar anorthositic breccia
Date: 01/01/00
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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: 10/03/09
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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: 10/03/09
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Dhofar 1442 - Lunar - .055 grams
It also has higher concentrations of incompatible elements than any lunar regolith sample - Apollo or meteorite
Date: 10/03/09
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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: 06/08/09
Views: 969
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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: 06/08/09
Views: 1054
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NEA 001 - Lunar - .074 & .126 grams
NEA actually stands for "Northeast Africa"
Date: 06/08/09
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Moon rocks
NASA exhibit of moon rocks on display in Houston, Texas
Date: 04/04/09
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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: 01/01/00
Views: 954
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NWA 032 - Lunar - .034 grams
It is classified as an olivine-pyroxene basalt
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 1248
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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: 05/25/09
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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: 05/25/09
Views: 1147
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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: 05/25/09
Views: 962
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NWA 2977 - Original Stone
This 233 gram meteorite was found in 2005 in Algeria - photo courtesy Michael Farmer
Date: 04/19/09
Views: 1003
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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: 01/01/00
Views: 839
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NWA 2977 - Lunar - .064 grams
It is classified as a complex fragmental and regolith breccia consisting of basalt and cumulate olivine gabbro
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 931
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