COMPLETE SLICE OF A MOON ROCK — NWA 10309 Sahara Desert, North West Africa Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) Signature inclusions of anorthite are in evidence in this complete slice of a Moon rock. In addition to mineral clasts of anorthite, this breccia also includes pigeonite and orthopyroxene. Its fine grained vesicular matrix contains kamacite, troilite and Ni-poor taenite — evidence of an iron asteroid that impacted the Moon’s surface — and possibly the same asteroid which launched this into space into an Earth-intersecting orbit. As one would expect, many of the Apollo mission samples returned to Earth are nearly identical to lunar meteorites, and such is the case with this superior complete slice of the Moon. 4¼ x 3 2/3 x 1/8in. (109 x 93 x 2mm.) 63.3g.
COMPLETE SLICE OF A MOON ROCK — NWA 10309 Sahara Desert, North West Africa Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) Signature inclusions of anorthite are in evidence in this complete slice of a Moon rock. In addition to mineral clasts of anorthite, this breccia also includes pigeonite and orthopyroxene. Its fine grained vesicular matrix contains kamacite, troilite and Ni-poor taenite — evidence of an iron asteroid that impacted the Moon’s surface — and possibly the same asteroid which launched this into space into an Earth-intersecting orbit. As one would expect, many of the Apollo mission samples returned to Earth are nearly identical to lunar meteorites, and such is the case with this superior complete slice of the Moon. 4¼ x 3 2/3 x 1/8in. (109 x 93 x 2mm.) 63.3g.
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