Lot 744
Own A Piece Of The Moon And Mars. The rarest of all meteorites are those that originate from the Moon and Mars. Only when extremely large asteroids explode into their surface are rocks from the Moon and Mars ejected into space, and only a very few ever make their way to Earth. Most meteorites that fall to Earth are as the solar system itself, 4.55 billion years old. Meteorites from the Moon and Mars are much younger. Beside their age, various isotopes can determine which meteorites emanted from the Moon and which from Mars. These 2x2 mm sections were cut, polished and placed in 4"x3" Riker mount. The entire Moon meteorite, from which this specimen was sliced, weighed only 1 ounce and was found on April 22, 2001 in the Sahara Desert of Oman. The Mars specimen came from a meteorite that weighed just over 4 pounds and was also found in the Sahara Desert of Oman. The Moon meteorite was certified by the Institute of Planetary Physics at UCLA, while the Mars meteorite was certified by the Vernadsky Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Both meteorites come with certificates of Authenticity and detailed information on their composition as well as color photos of the whole meteorite.
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Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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