NWA 7948 Lunar Meteorites for Sale
Location: Sahara Desert, exact location unknown. (Purchased in Zagora)
Found: April, 2013.
Classification: Lunar feldspathic breccia.
Description: Fresh 59.8g specimen composed of angular clasts (some lithic clasts up to 1.2 cm across, but mostly mineral fragments) in a finer grained, dark matrix. Minerals present are anorthite, olivine (Fa37.8-61.2; FeO/MnO = 90-107), pigeonite (Fs27.1-28.1Wo13.3-11.0; FeO/MnO = 56-58), subcalcic augite (Fs17.1-22.3Wo35.9-29.9; FeO/MnO = 41-53), ferroan subcalcic augite (Fs44.0Wo39.4; FeO/MnO = 74), Ti-chromite, troilite, rare silica polymorph and a shred-like grain of kamacite. A thin vesicular, glassy shock vein was found. Bulk composition): INAA of subsamples gave mean abundances of FeO 8.8 wt.%, and (in ppm) Sc 16, La 6.5, Sm 3.1, Eu 0.92, Yb 2.2, Th 1.0.
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Other references:How do we know it's from the moon?
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| #NWA7948-0701 | #NWA7948-1-850 | #NWA7948-2-289 | #NWA7948-3-045 | About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime. |
| Weight: 0.070 gm | Weight: 1.850 gm | Weight: 2.289 gm | Weight: 3.045 gm | |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Slice | Features: End | |
| Price: $75 | $1855 | $2294 | $3050 |
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| #NWA7948-3-054 | #NWA7948-3-825 |
| Weight: 3.054 gm | Weight: 3.825 gm |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Slice |
| $3059 | sold |
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