Moon Ring - Genuine Lunar Meteorite Jewelry - Size 6 3/4

Description: On Offer: Moon Ring with center stone fashioned from the lunar meteorite NWA 11787 and set in 14K Gold.Size: 6 3/4 USCenter Stone: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia MeteoriteOfficial name: NWA 11787Paren 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.Description: This beautiful moon ring has been hand crafted and assembled in the US by AZ based artisan Josh Eisler. The center stone for this ring was ejected from the Moon and recovered by nomads in the Algerian desert. 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. Set in 14K gold. 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 11787 with classification Lunar Feldspathic Breccia and published in the Meteoritical Bulletin. This ring is a size 6 3/4 USWhat you get: Ring with genuine lunar meteorite center stone, as shown, set in 14K gold, signed Certificate of Authenticity.Top Meteorite offers a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. SEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOWNorthwest Africa 11787Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 11787 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11787 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Mauritania Mass: 23.5 kg Classification history:Meteoritical Bulletin: MB 107 (2018) Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation] This is 1 of 211 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites Comments:Approved 26 May 2018WriteupWriteup from MB 107: Northwest Africa 11787 (NWA 11787)MauritaniaPurchased: 2017Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)History: Purchased in Mauritania by Dustin Dickens from anonymous meteorite hunter.Physical characteristics: Many visually identical appearing pieces, ranging from several kilograms to sub-gram fragments. Some pieces show a light-gray, remnant fusion crust on one or more faces, with most having no fusion crust. Saw cut reveals a fragmental breccia with white feldspathic clasts set in a dark-gray ground mass.Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite is a polymict breccia of fragmental feldspathic, troctolitic and mafic lithologies, as well as fragmental pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase grains, and shock melt with vescicles.Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) olivine Fa: 25.6±8.9, Fe/Mn=95±18, n=13; low-Ca pyroxene Fs26.2±8.8Wo6.2±2.5, Fe/Mn=52±4, n=7; subcalcic augite Fs35.9±5.8Wo26.9±7.9, Fe/Mn=69±5, n=2; augite Fs14.5±7.1Wo41.0±2.0, Fe/Mn=45±15, n=3; plagioclase An96.2±0.8, n=6; Shock melt (20 _m defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO2=42.9±0.4, TiO2=0.11±0.05, Al2O3=31.1±4.0, Cr2O3=0.10±0.05, MgO=5.1±3.3, FeO=3.3±2.0, MnO=0.05±0.05, CaO=16.6±1.6, Na2O=0.37±0.06, K2O=0.04±0.00 (all wt%), n=3.Classification: Lunar feldspathic brecciaSpecimens: 21.25 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Dustin Dickens holds the main mass.Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0:Place of purchase:MauritaniaDate:P 2017Mass (g):23500Pieces:ManyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:moderateFayalite (mol%):25.6±8.9Ferrosilite (mol%):26.2±8.8, 35.9±5.8, 14.5±7.1Wollastonite (mol%):6.2±2.5, 26.9±7.9, 41.0±2.0Classifier:C. Agee, UNMType spec mass (g):21.25Type spec location:UNMMain mass:Dustin DickensComments:Field name DD-20; submitted by C. Agee, UNMInstitutions and collectionsUNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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