ID 491236
Los 26 | NWA 12691 — PARTIAL SLICE OF THE MOON
Schätzwert
$ 12 500 – 17 500
The official classification and publication of this meteorite was performed by Dr. Anthony Irving, the world’s most prolific classifier of lunar and Martian meteorites. His abstract, which became part of scientific literature upon vetting and subsequent publication in the Meteoritical Bulletin, accompanies this offering.
As one would expect, many of the Moon rocks returned by Apollo missions are nearly identical to lunar meteorites — and such is the case here. This partial brecciated slice of the Moon is composed of different fragments of rocks and minerals, including signature anorthite, cemented together by lunar regolith and other crushed rock. There are two cut and two natural edges to this slice. The cut faces reveal a galaxy of fragmentary inclusions, the result of the ongoing bombardment of the Moon’s surface by asteroid impacts prior to the collision responsible for launching this rock to Earth. Modern cutting.
Christie's would like to thank Dr. Alan E. Rubin at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles for his assistance in preparing this catalogue.
The analysis of this meteorite was led by Dr. Anthony Irving, whose findings underwent peer review by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society. The analysis and classification was published in the 108th edition of the Meteoritical Bulletin — the official registry of meteorites.
115 x 94 x 5mm (4.5 x 3.75 x 0.2 in.) and 123.46g (0.25 lbs)
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