NWA 4881 - Original Stone
A single 606 gram stone was found in 2005 and purchased by Stefan Ralew in January 2007 from a dealer in Quarzazate, Morocco - image © Chladni's Heirs
Date: 05/25/2009
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NWA 4881 - Lunar - .010 grams Approved
It is classified as an achondrite lunar - granulitic breccia
Date: 05/25/2009
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NWA 4881 - Lunar - .010 grams
Our very small sample is paired with NWA 3163 and NWA 4483
Date: 05/25/2009
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63 Known Lunar Meteorites
Chart showing the discovery and validation date of the approximately 63 known lunar meteorites
Date: 03/26/2009
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NWA 4884 - Lunar - .274 grams Approved
This is a fantastic slice! - It came from a single 42 gram stone and is similar to Antarctic meteorite QUE 94281
Date: 01/01/2000
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NWA 4884 - Lunar - .274 grams
A lot to look at in this sample - great clasts! - it is mingled mare plus highlands breccia
Date: 01/01/2000
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Dr. Donald Brownlee
Dr. Brownlee of NASA and the University of Washington holds up the NWA 5000 lunar meteorite - it weights 11,528 kilograms! - Courtesy Greg Hupé
Date: 04/04/2009
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NWA 5000 - Lunar - .252 grams Approved
Our breath-taking slice! The meteorite was found in July 2007 in southern Morocco and purchased by Adam Hupé from a Moroccan dealer
Date: 01/01/2000
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NWA 5000 - Lunar - .252 grams
It is classifiied as an Achondrite (lunar) - feldspathic breccia
Date: 01/01/2000
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NWA 5000 - "The Rock"
A huge slice of NWA 5000 lunar meteorite in a time capsule - Courtesy Adam Hupé
Date: 01/28/2008
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NWA 5000 - Lunar - .100 grams Approved
Another one of our mind blowing fragments of this stone!
Date: 01/01/2000
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NWA 5000 - Lunar - .100 grams
This is how we expect the moon to look! A great sample of NWA 5000 - the number given specifically recognize this great find!
Date: 01/01/2000
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Siksou Mountain
It is located in the Western Sahara of Morocco - six gray NWA 5406 stones with a total weight of 281 grams were found near this mountain - image courtesy of Greg Hupé
Date: 08/21/2009
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One of the NWA 4936/5406 stones in-situ
NWA 4936 and 5406 are paired stones - and they all have interiors which are very dark gray with dispersed small white clasts
Date: 08/21/2009
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Original NWA 5406 stone
One of the NWA 5406 stones held up with Siksou Mountain in the background - image courtesy of Greg Hupé
Date: 08/21/2009
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One of the NWA 5406 stones
Image courtesy of Greg Hupé
Date: 10/23/2008
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NWA 5406 - Lunar - .072 grams Approved
NWA 5406 is one of the first lunar meteorites that could pass for a sample of lunar soil from Apollo 16!
Date: 08/21/2009
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NWA 5406 - Lunar - .072 grams
Our small sample was purchased by Greg Hupé in July 2008 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco
Date: 08/21/2009
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More to come!
We still have over 50% of our Lunar meteorite specimens to photograph, research, and post - please visit again soon to see our progress...
Date: 02/23/2012
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