Moon Rocks - Lunar Meteorites
Through any telescope even a small one the Moon is seen as a very cratered world. The moon rocks returned by the manned and unmanned missions sent there have told scientist much about the nature of lunar rocks. The low gravity and huge size of some of the impacts have sent chunks of rock into space that eventually fell to Earth. Lunar meteorites are rare but enough have been found to make it possible for collectors to now have a piece of our closest neighbor in space.
Lunar meteorites are made of mostly volcanic rocks called basalts. But the pounding of impacts over eons has broken the rocks into fragments that have been melted and reformed into rocks called breccias. Close examination of Lunar meteorites will often reveal the small individual bits of different colors that make up these breccias. The bits are called clasts. Lunar rocks are very old geologically speaking, and the volcanic activity is believed to have stopped early in the Moon’s history. These few fact are just a tiny portion of the information that makes Lunar meteorites such fascinating material to add to any collection.
Click on the links below for more information on lunar meteorites and how we know that they came from the moon.
Lunar Meteorite Information
How we know it’s a rock from the Moon
Moon Rocks – Lunar Meteorites For Sale
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Moon Rock Display Boxes4 Item(s)
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Moon Dust0 Item(s)
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Bechar 003 Lunar Meteorite17 Item(s)
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Gadamis 004 Lunar Meteorite9 Item(s)
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Laâyoune 002 Lunar Meteorite11 Item(s)
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Lahmada 020 Lunar Meteorite24 Item(s)
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NWA 10401 Lunar Meteorite5 Item(s)
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NWA 10964 Lunar Meteorite13 Item(s)
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NWA 11182 Lunar Meteorite7 Item(s)
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NWA 11474 Lunar Meteorite12 Item(s)
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NWA 11788 Lunar Meteorite23 Item(s)
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NWA 11898 Lunar Meteorite1 Item(s)
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NWA 13788 Lunar Meteorite16 Item(s)
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NWA 13951 Lunar Meteorite6 Item(s)
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NWA 14041 Lunar Meteorite9 Item(s)
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NWA 14729 Lunar Meteorite13 Item(s)
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Tifariti 002 Lunar Meteorite21 Item(s)
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Tisserlitine 001 Lunar Meteorite3 Item(s)
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Touat 005 Lunar Meteorite12 Item(s)