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December 25, 2010: A new and obviously upaired lunar meteorite has
recently been
recovered from the hot deserts of Northwest Africa:
Northwest Africa
6481 - LUN A - TKW 13.7g
A small stone devoid of fusion crust was found in the Hamada du Drâa on
the Moroccan side of the border between Algeria and Morocco. It was
subsequently purchased by Stefan Ralew and Martin Altmann of Chladni's
Heirs and classified as a lunar breccia by Dr. Tony Irving of Washington
University, Seattle.
July 12, 2010: At the Ensisheim show in June I purchased a sample
of a brand-new lunar from the Moroccan governed part of Western Sahara:
Northwest Africa
6221 - LUN A - TKW 109.38g
This stone was found near Galtat Zemmour, not far away from Siksou
Mountain, the find location of the paired lunar meteorites NWA 4936 and
NWA 5406. Preliminary studies show that NWA 6221 is another stone of
that fascinating pairing grouplet which is compositionally similar to
Apollo 16 soil. It may have originated from near the
Apollo 16 landing site.
April 10, 2010: A fourth lunar meteorite find from the Shişr
region of Oman has just been approved by the Meteoritical Society and
published in
The Meteoritical Bulletin Database:
Shişr 166
- LUN A - TKW 128.8g
This fascinating vesicular lunar impact-melt breccia was found by
meteorite hunter Luc
Labenne in the desert at night (!) - have a look at the following in situ
pictures showing
the Moon shining on Shişr 166 at the find site, and
the lucky finder at night with his brand-new Moon rock.
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New NCC Feature Sample |
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A 1.099g Full Slice of NWA 6481
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Thanks to Stefan Ralew
& Martin Altmann of
Chladni's Heirs
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