Lot 1455
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 their native rocks ejected into space and only a very few of those ever make their way to Earth. Most meteorites that fall to Earth are as old as the solar system itself, 4.55 billion years. Meteorites from the Moon and Mars are much younger. Aside from their age, various isotopes can determine which meteorites emanated from the Moon and which from Mars. These 2 x 2 mm sections were cut, polished, and placed in a 4 x 3 inch 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 in Oman and comes certified by the Institute of Planetary Physics at UCLA. The Mars specimen came from a meteorite that weighed just over 4 pounds and was found in the same region and is certified by the Vernadsky Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Both specimens come with certificates of authenticity and detailed information on their composition, as well as color photos of the whole meteorite from which they originated.
Add $20.00 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
|
| |
| Unsold |
