Hi Friends and Collectors,
I have some nice new unclassified stony meteorites that are worth a
look. I have also reduced the price on some of the remaining Moon
Rocks to encourage their sale - scroll down below to see the brief
article I wrote about lunar meteorites.
Use coupon code "metlist" at checkout for 20% OFF all prices.
Unclassified aerodynamic whole stone (239g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/unclassified-meteorite-aerodynamic-pyramid-stone-239g
Unclassified stone, probable type-3, (243g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/unclassified-nwa-meteorite-chondrule-243
Unclassified stone, partial oriented dome, (98g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/unclassified-meteorite-orient-stone-98g
Unclassified stone, obelisk shape for display (103g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/unclassified-nwa-meteorite-obelisk-108
Unclassified stone, uncut fragment (81g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/unclassified-nwa-meteorite-81g
Unclassified stone, uncut fragment (48g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/unclassified-meteorite-nice-uncut-fragment-48g
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.478g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/unclassified-meteorite-nice-uncut-fragment-48g
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.448g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-448
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.441g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-441
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.430g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-430
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.385g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-385
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.365g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-365
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.339g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-339
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.315g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-315
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.305g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-uncut-fragment-305
NWA 10203, Moon Rock (.130g) -
http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/nwa-10203-lunar-meteorite-endcut-130
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend! :)
MOON ROCKS : A Brief Primer on Lunar Meteorites.
A lunar meteorite is a piece of the Moon. In the purest sense of the
word, it is a "Moon Rock". But, when most people hear the phrase "Moon
Rock", they automatically think of rock samples brought back from the
Moon by the Apollo astronauts. This is why many people think that
owning a Moon Rock is illegal - because the Apollo samples are illegal
to own by private citizens. Apollo Moon Rocks are NASA and US
government property which cannot be sold or exchanged to private
citizens.
Lunar meteorites are "Moon Rocks" just the same as the Apollo samples,
except for one major detail : lunar meteorites were delivered to Earth
by Mother Nature, and not astronauts who are government employees.
Lunar meteorites are found on Earth because they were ejected from the
surface of the Moon by violent asteroid impacts. Asteroids slam into
the lunar landscape, and the resulting impact hurls great amounts of
lunar rocks out of the Moon's weak gravity well and into space.
Eventually, some of these ejected Moon Rocks stray too close to
Earth's gravity and are captured.
Once a space-borne Moon Rock is pulled in by Earth's gravity, it
begins a fiery plunge through the atmosphere that ends with an impact
somewhere on Earth. Most of these falling meteorites are lost in the
Earth's oceans, but some fall on land where they can be found and
recovered.
The Saharan Desert is a perfect landing spot for these meteorites. It
is vast, desolate, dry, and unpopulated. Meteorites that fall in the
Sahara are preserved for long periods of time by the arid conditions -
increasing their chances that they will eventually be found. Once
these meteorites are found, they are taken to a lab and analyzed to
identify their composition. Once they are confirmed to be of
lunar-origin, they are sometimes made available for purchase to the
public.
Purchasing lunar meteorite by private citizens is legal because the
countries of origin for most of the meteorites (Morocco and
Mauritania) have no legal restrictions on the trade of meteorites. It
is a classic case of "finders keepers".
Now, the obvious question is : why purchase a lunar meteorite? Well,
for some people the answer is simple. It is an awe-inspiring thing to
touch and hold. It is literally a piece of an alien world beyond the
Earth. It is a tangible piece of our nearest celestial neighbor that
has enchanted the imaginations of our ancestors for millennia. It is a
rock that was formed before mankind ever walked the Earth. Holding a
lunar meteorite is closest thing most human beings will ever get to
walking on the Moon.
Speaking of which, there are some
