0.5g Gadamis 005 Lunar Meteorite - Ferroan Anorthosite, Cataclastic - “The Apollo Lunar”

You are looking at a fragment of the famous Gadamis 005 Lunar Meteorite (that’s correct - a stone that ejected off of our moon!), classified as lunar ferroan anorthosite, cataclastic! It’s remarkably similar to, compositionally and visually, the Apollo 16 samples returned to earth by our astronauts! It’s the closest you’ll get to holding a true Apollo mission-returned moon sample. A truly impressive talking piece for your own private collection!

About Lunar Meteorites: Our moon lacks an atmosphere. When asteroids encounter these celestial bodies (which happens frequently), fragments eject from the impact and occasionally make their way into Earth’s orbit. If the stone survives its cataclysmic entry into Earth, it lands on the ground and becomes known as a meteorite. Once studied under a microscope by scientists, the stone's origin is then plotted based on its compositional property to the different classes of asteroids and samples returned to Earth. Lunar meteorites specifically are compared to samples returned by NASA's Apollo mission astronauts. From there, meteorites make their way into museums, universities and to the general public all around the world.