Lot 1654
Lunar Dhofar 908 Meteorite. This substantial 17 x 12 x 1, 0.554 gram section of the important Lunar impact meteorite Dhofar 908 is housed in a special membrane box for easy removal and visibility on all sides. Lunar and Martian meteorites are very rare and in great demand. Almost all of the recovered Lunar meteorites are very small and Dhofar 908, found in the Dhofar region of Southern Oman in January 2003, weighed just 245 grams. This important meteorite is classified as a Lunar impact Breccia (Polymict Breccia) from the Lunar highlands. This Breccia is a mix of three different types of moon rocks that were blasted off the surface of the moon from an impact with a fairly large meteorite and mixed together with molten vaporized rock and resolidified in a fine grain matrix. The three different colors of moon rocks can easily be seen in this superlative specimen: white clasts (rock segments) that are anorthositic (plagioclase feldsar rich), one brownish orange clast (different type of iron bearing rock), and the dark gray matrix from yet another type of rock. Cosmic radiation studies yielded the results that the original moon rocks were more than 18 feet below the Lunar surface at the time of impact and that this meteorite was on the surface of the Earth for more than 300,000 years before being discovered. A similar 3 gram section of this valuable meteorite sold for $12,000 in an auction in New York in October 2007.
Add $15.00 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,300.
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| Realized $690 |
