Unique and Rare NEA 089 Lunar Troctolitic Melt - 57.4g Full Slice with Hole Caused By Giant Pocket Of Vesicles! Lunar Meteorite From Deep Within The Moon’s Crust

You are viewing NEA 089, a troctolite melt lunar meteorite. This specimen is a rare type of lunar rock that formed from a coarse-grained igneous rock made mainly of olivine and plagioclase feldspar.

Troctolite itself originates deep within the Moon’s crust, where slow cooling allowed large crystals to form. When later impact events or volcanic processes caused this rock to melt and then rapidly cool, the result is a melt breccia or melt rock — preserving both melted and re-crystallized material from the lunar crust, making this storytelling piece not only beautiful to look at, but also an important one for history   

About Lunar Meteorites:

Unlike Earth, the Moon has only an extremely tenuous exosphere and lacks the substantial atmospheric protection that shields our planet from most incoming meteoroids. As a result, asteroid impacts occur frequently on the lunar surface. These powerful collisions can eject lunar material into space, and on rare occasions, some of these fragments are propelled into Earth-crossing orbits. If a fragment survives its fiery passage through Earth's atmosphere and reaches the ground, it becomes known as a meteorite.

When a suspected lunar meteorite is recovered—often by experienced meteorite hunters—a sample is submitted for scientific analysis. Using petrographic thin sections, chemical testing, and isotopic studies, Meteoriticists compare the specimen's composition to known lunar materials. Its lunar origin is then confirmed through a combination of mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic signatures that match lunar samples returned to Earth by NASA's Apollo missions. Once classified, these rare extraterrestrial specimens find their way into museums, universities, research collections, and private collections around the world.

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