Lot 985
Moon Rock From Lunar Meteorite. This fairly large .9164 gram 32 x 22 mm thin slice of the moon meteorite Dhofar 1180 is housed in a special membrane box for visibility on all sides. Lunar meteorites are the most desirable and expensive of all the types of meteorites recovered and are even rarer than meteorites from Mars. It has been classified as a Lunar feldspathic basalt-bearing regolith breccia which means that it is a mixture of several different types of moon rocks with 75% Lunar highlands material and 25% Lunar Mare material. These basaltic Lunar rocks were melted and partially mixed together when a large meteorite crashed into the moon millions of years ago. This rock mixture was vaporized and ejected from the moon and eventually made its way to the earth. This section is large enough to observe the white, brown and black clasts in a dark gray matrix. This very valuable meteorite is housed in a clear membrane box and a 8 x 6½" Riker box. $1,200 - 1,500
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