ID 491261
Лот 51 | NWA 11616 MOON ROCK — PARTIAL SLICE WITH RARE LUNAR MARE
Оценочная стоимость
$ 8 000 – 12 000
Lunar meteorites that contain lunar mare are exceedingly rare. This is because the dark basaltic plains from which they originate occupy only 17% of the lunar surface.
This partial slice contains both the lighter and darker materials seen when we look at the Moon. The lighter olivine gabbro clasts contain, in part, olivine, zoned clinopyroxene and maskelynite. The darker area is rare lunar basalt (lunar mare). A mixture of gabbro and regolith is also present. The bottom edge is cut and fusion crust covers much of the rimmed perimeter. Modern cutting. Lot 52 was cut from the same meteorite.
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 107th edition of the Meteoritical Bulletin — the official registry of meteorites.
99 x 85 x 2mm (4 x 3.33 x 0.1 in.) and 36.68g
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