Moon Ring- Genuine Lunar Meteorite Jewelry - Size 7

Description: On Offer: Moon Ring with center stone fashioned from the lunar meteorite NWA 15368 and set in sterling silver. Center Stone: Lunar Fragmental Breccia Ring Size: 7 Description: This beautiful moon ring has been hand crafted. Each ring has a unique center stone and it is a completely unique part of the Moon. No two rings are exactly alike. The center stone for this ring was ejected from the Moon and recovered by camel shepperds in Mali. It was classified by the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico. The center stone has been free-hand shaped to find the best qualities in each area of the stone, and making every piece totally unique. The ring is set in sterling silver. This beautiful brecciated lunar meteorite was found in Algeria by locals and purchased in Mauritania by TOP Meteorite in 2017. It has been classified at the University of New Mexico's Institute of Meteoritics and given the name NWA 15368 with classification Lunar Feldspathic Breccia and published in the Meteoritical Bulletin. Center Stone Official name: NWA 15368 Paren body: The Moon - this is material ejected from our Moon when it was hit by another meteorite and became a meteorite itself when it hit the Earth. What you get: Sterling silver ring with genuine lunar meteorite center stone, as shown, and Certificate of Authenticity. Top Meteorite offers a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. SEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOW Northwest Africa 15368 Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15368 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15368 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 17.84 kg Classification history: Meteoritical Bulletin: (2023) Lunar (frag. breccia) Recommended: Lunar (frag. breccia) This is 1 of 30 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (frag. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites Comments: Approved 12 Nov 2022 Writeup Writeup from MB 111: Northwest Africa 15368 (NWA 15368) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: January 2021 Classification: Lunar meteorite (frag. breccia) History: Found in Mali by camel shepherds in January 2021 and subsequently purchased by Ahmed Salek and sold to an anonymous collector in the US. Physical characteristics: A single stone with a dark exterior, one side partially covered in caliche. Cut surface reveals a fragmental breccia with many lithic clasts set in a glassy dark-gray ground mass. Petrography: (D. Dickens, NMMS and A. S. Bell, CUB) This meteorite is a clast-rich polymict breccia with subhedral lithic fragments embedded in a fine-grained groundmass. Fragmental clasts sizes range from <0.1 mm to >6 mm and are primarily comprised of plagioclase, low-Ca pyroxene, pigeonite, augite, and olivine. Minor phases include kamacite and ilmenite. This meteorite is shocked with impact melt textures present. Geochemistry: (D. Dickens, NMMS and A. S. Bell, CUB) olivine Fa38.0±2.6, Fe/Mn=100±11.4, n=8; lo-Ca pyroxene Fs20.7±0.1,Wo4.0±0.1, Fe/Mn=54±2, n=2; pigeonite Fs30.1±5.2,Wo9.5±3.7, Fe/Mn=54±1, n=3; augite Fs16.9±1.1Wo36.5±2.8, Fe/Mn=45±1 n=2; plagioclase An95.9±3.1 Ab2.9±0.7 Or1.2±3.3, n=15; Classification: Lunar fragmental breccia Specimens: 40 g with probe mount on deposit at Cascadia, 40 g with probe mount on deposit at CUB, anonymous collector holds the main mass. Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: Place of purchase: Mali Date: P January 2021 Mass (g): 17840 Pieces: 1 Class: Lunar (frag. breccia) Shock stage: high Weathering grade: moderate Fayalite (mol%): 38.0±2.6 Ferrosilite (mol%): 20.7±0.1, 30.1±5.2, 16.9±1.1 Wollastonite (mol%): 4.0±0.1, 9.5±3.7, 36.5±2.8 Classifier: Dustin Dickens, NMMS and Aaron S. Bell, CUB Type spec mass (g): 40 Type spec location: Cascadia Main mass: Anonymous collector Comments: Submitted by Dustin Dickens Institutions and collections Cascadia: Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department of Geology, Room 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Oct 2011) CUB: Daniel Ozdín, Mineralogical Museum of Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia (institutional address; updated 2 Dec 2018)

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