THE SECOND LARGEST SLICE OF THE MOON — TISSERLITINE 001

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Los 16 | THE SECOND LARGEST SLICE OF THE MOON — TISSERLITINE 001
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THE SECOND LARGEST SLICE OF THE MOON — TISSERLITINE 001
Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) Sahara Desert, Kidal, Mali (21.325° N, 0.729° E)
The softly trapezoidal, oblong slab is delimited by a rim of its external surface. The face of the cut surface is polished. The matrix is a palette of grays and charcoals with the signature of most lunar specimens — white anorthositic clasts — peppered throughout. A galaxy of other clasts and inclusions, most rounded and some angular, are suspended in impact melt, resulting in a distinct matrix. Venting and divots characteristic of the material are in evidence. Also seen are tiny flecks of metal derived from an impacting astertoid, one of many bodies that crashed into the Moon, fragmenting, melting and mixing surface debris before one such impactor blasted this Moon rock into an Earth-bound orbit. Cut from what was the second largest lunar sample on Earth, this is the second largest cut and polished slice of the Moon. Modern cutting and polishing.
418 x 358 x 8mm (16.33 x 14 x 0.25 in.) and 2005.9g (4.41 lbs.)




Provenance

Main mass discovered in 2019.
Private American collection since 2020, when subdivided into slices.




Literature

Gattaccea, J. et al. The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 109, Meteoritics & Planetary Science volume 57, issue 8, pp.1626-30.
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