{"product_id":"lunar-meteorite-ajdabiya-001-a-3-8g","title":"Lunar Meteorite - Ajdabiya 001, B (3.8g)","description":"\u003cp\u003eReal piece of the moon\/lunar meteorite for sale!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAjdabiya 001 is a lunar meteorite recovered in Libya in 2021! Lunar meteorites are rocks ejected into space by asteroid impacts on the moon. Some of this debris was captured by the gravitational pull of the Earth. This particular specimen weighs an incredible 3.8g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lunar specimen has been sliced to allow a cross-section view of a real moon rock!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis frame measures 2.5\"X3.25\" and can be shipped worldwide! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSCIENTIFIC DATA VIA METEORITIC SOCIETY:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBIndent\"\u003eFind: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBIndent\"\u003eClassification: Lunar meteorite (melt breccia)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e: Found in 2021 in Libya and purchased by Adam\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaronson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Ahmed Salek in April 2021 from a dealer in Ajdabiya, Libya.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical characteristics\u003c\/strong\u003e: The specimens (total weight 28.8 kg) are distinctive in having relatively closely packed and unusually large, angular, light-gray lithic clasts (up to 2 cm) within a sparse dark, fine-grained matrix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePetrography\u003c\/strong\u003e: (A. Irving,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUWS\u003c\/i\u003e, and P. Carpenter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWUSL\u003c\/i\u003e) Breccia composed of angular lithic clasts and related crystalline debris within a sparse fine-grained and in part microvesicular matrix. Portions of the glassy matrix exhibit streaky flow-banding. Clast lithologies include spinel troctolite and quench-textured basaltic rocks. Minerals include anorthite, olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, exsolved pigeonite, augite, ilmenite, chromite (with variable Ti content), Fe-Cr-bearing spinel:, kamacite and troilite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeochemistry\u003c\/strong\u003e: Olivine (Fa\u003csub\u003e27.3-45.5\u003c\/sub\u003e, FeO\/MnO = 86-101, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs\u003csub\u003e27.8-40.8\u003c\/sub\u003eWo\u003csub\u003e2.4-4.6\u003c\/sub\u003e, FeO\/MnO = 52-63, N = 5), augite (Fs\u003csub\u003e19.0-22.0\u003c\/sub\u003eWo\u003csub\u003e44.0-41.6\u003c\/sub\u003e, FeO\/MnO = 46-50, N = 2), anorthite (An\u003csub\u003e94.8-97.4\u003c\/sub\u003eOr\u003csub\u003e0.1-0.0\u003c\/sub\u003e, N = 4).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClassification\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lunar (feldspathic melt matrix breccia).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SkullStore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42981601247295,"sku":null,"price":1745.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/2175\/files\/20260305_200400.jpg?v=1772759409","url":"https:\/\/www.skullstore.ca\/products\/lunar-meteorite-ajdabiya-001-a-3-8g","provider":"SkullStore Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}