A fragment of moon rock in a display case
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Description
A fragment of moon rock in a display case. Lunar gabbro meteorite NWA4932. Actual piece of rock from the surface of the moon! The moon is regularly struck by meteorites which eject lunar rocks into space. With the right trajectory, some of this material gets caught by earth's gravitational pull and falls as a meteorite down to earth. This particular lunar meteorite was first discovered in Northwest Africa, in the Great Sahara Desert, in 2007. Specimen measures 3 mm. In plastic display frame with information on back. Frame measures 2 in x 2 in. ex Hupe collection, 2016.
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