Bechar 003 Lunar Feldspathic Breccia - 7.2g - Full Slice/Polished on One Side

This stunning lunar feldspathic breccia meteorite was discovered in Northwest Africa on March 24, 2022 by a meteorite hunting team. It exhibits light brown weathered exteriors, medium gray fresh interiors with white clasts and rare, tiny metal grains.

The analysis of this lunar stone was conducted by Tony Irving (UWS) and P. Carpenter (WUSL). Analysis revealed mineral clasts of calcic plagioclase (predominantly anorthite but also some sodic bytownite), olivine, low-Ca pyroxene and augite within a very fine grained, sparsely microvesicular matrix containing Ti-chromite, troilite, kamacite and minor secondary barite.

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.