Moon Pendant - Genuine Lunar Meteorite Jewelry

Description: Pendant's Center Stone: Lunar Meteorite - Real Piece of the Moon. A Feldspathic Lunar Breccia MeteoritePendant Setting: 14Kt solid goldDescription: Unique Moon Pendant with center stone fashioned from a piece of the Moon. Made from the beautiful lunar meteorite NWA 11788 and set in 14Kt Solid Gold.Dimensions not including bail: Approximately 22.9mm x 22.7mm x 2.82mm Dimensions including bail: Approximately 33.12mm x 22.7mm x 6.2mmMeteorite Type: Lunar Feldspathic BrecciaOfficial Name: NWA 11788Year Found: 2017Country of Origin: MaliParent body: The Moon - this is material was ejected from our Moon when it was hit by another meteorite and became a meteorite itself when it hit the Earth. It is an authenticated piece of the Moon.This beautiful moon pendant has been hand crafted and assembled in the US by AZ based artisan Josh Eisler. Each pendant has a unique center stone and it is a completely unique part of the Moon. No two pendants are exactly alike. The center stone for this pendant was ejected from the Moon, landed in Earth and was purchased in Mali by Dustin Dickens from a meteorite hunter. This meteorite was classified by the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico. 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. The pendant is set in 14Kt solid Gold.What you get: 14K Gold Pendant with genuine lunar meteorite center stone, as shown, and double sided color 5"x7" Certificate of Authenticity signed by the Curator of Collections. Top Meteorite offers a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. SEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOW Northwest Africa 11788Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 11788 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11788 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Mali Mass: 10.44 kg Classification history:Meteoritical Bulletin: (2018) Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation] This is 1 of 208 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites Comments:Approved 26 May 2018WriteupWriteup from MB 107: Northwest Africa 11788 (NWA 11788)MaliPurchased: 2017Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)History: Purchased in Mali by Dustin Dickens from anonymous meteorite hunter.Physical characteristics: Many dark visually identical appearing pieces, with masses ranging from ~2 kg to many sub-g fragments, showing no fusion crust. Saw cut reveals a finely fragmental breccia with white feldspathic clasts set in a dark gray ground mass with metal flecks and minor vesiculation appearing throughout.Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite is a breccia of fragmental pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase grains. There are domains that are fine-grained and cataclastic with shock melt and vesicles.Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) olivine Fa: 31.2±9.4, Fe/Mn=95±7, n=12; clinopyroxene Fs36.0±10.0Wo22.2±8.8, Fe/Mn=60±5, n=12; plagioclase An93.0±1.8, n=7; Shock melt (20 _m defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO2=43.2±1.7, TiO2=0.46±0.20, Al2O3=24.2±3.6, Cr2O3=0.23±0.08, MgO=7.8±1.4, FeO=8.0±3.2, MnO=0.10±0.05, CaO=14.2±1.4, Na2O=0.35±0.23, K2O=0.08±0.05 (all wt%), n=4.Classification: Lunar feldspathic brecciaSpecimens: 28.9 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:MaliDate:P 2017Mass (g):10441Pieces:ManyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:moderateFayalite (mol%):31.2±9.4Ferrosilite (mol%):36.0±10.0Wollastonite (mol%):22.2±8.8Classifier:C. Agee, UNMType spec mass (g):28.9Type spec location:UNMMain mass:Dustin DickensComments:Field name DD-21; submitted by C. Agee, UNM Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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