NWA 11474 broke into many small fragments without fusion crust as it entered Earth's atmosphere. This is one of the larger fragments that has been sliced in half to expose its interior. These fragments were still hot when they landed in the Sahara Desert, and some of the brown or tan desert sand melted and fused onto the meteorite's surface which can be seen on the back of this specimen. On the polished interior face, more than a dozen 1mm or larger anorthosite clasts are visible with the naked eye; and shock melt glass plus dozens more anorthosite clasts are revealed with just a simple magnifying glass. This is a great example of a typical lunar highland breccia.

1.69 gram end piece; 11mm x 17mm x 5mm:  $625

NWA 11474 broke into many small fragments without fusion crust as it entered Earth's atmosphere. This is one of those fragments that has not been wire brushed, polished, or cut. It has been left just as it appeared when it fell to Earth. At least two dozen 1-3mm anorthosite clasts are easily visible with the naked eye, and shock melt glass surrounds many of these clasts. This fragment was still quite hot when it landed in the Sahara Desert sand, and some of the brown or tan desert sand melted and fused onto the meteorite's surface. If you came upon this meteorite in the desert, picked it up, and wiped it clean; this is exactly what you would be holding in your hand.

1.57 gram individual; 12mm x 15mm x 7mm:  $540

NWA 8609 is a terrific lunar highland meteorite to examine with only the naked eye. It shows more than a dozen 2-5mm anorthosite clasts and countless smaller clasts. There are also a few 3mm size pyroxene clasts and some melt glass to see. Many of the larger clasts are themselves breccias containing olivine clasts within them. The huge clasts plus very little melt glass indicate this meteorite is from deeper in the regolith and was not part of the top surface regolith. This is the ideal lunar meteorite to enjoy with just the naked eye, but you can use a magnifying glass to view this meteorite again and again; and each time you will see clasts and crystals you never noticed before!

2.04 gram partial slice; 17mm x 37mm x 2mm:  $965

NWA 2975 is truly a delightful Mars rock to examine, and dozens of large olivine and pyroxene crystal shapes are easily visible beneath its melted surface crust. Shergottites are from near the surface of Mars and contain many tiny cracks from countless nearby impacts. An impact that ejects a Shergottite from Mars would create a shock wave that passes through these cracks creating a black melt glass. Any cracks open to the surface would contain Mars atmosphere, and the shock wave would trap and preserve that Martian atmosphere inside a melt glass bubble. There is no way to know if this particular Mars sample contains preserved Martian atmosphere, but it most certainly could.

2.93 gram individual; 11mm x 17mm x 12mm:  $2,580

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NWA 2995 is a jaw-dropping spectacular meteorite! It displays dozens of 1-6mm anorthosite and basalt clasts easily seen with the naked eye, and hundreds of 0.5-1mm clasts easily seen with a simple magnifying glass. These clasts are of various anorthosites, basalts, plus many examples of clasts within a clast. Lunar orbital data indicates the very deep and thin crusted South Pole-Aitken Impact Basin is the most likely place of origin for this meteorite. This would explain some black pyroxene material not being extrusive mare basalt, but instead being intrusive mantle basalt from a fissure in the thin anorthosite crust. NWA 2995 would definitely be the showpiece in any meteorite collection!

1.50 gram partial slice; 24mm x 40mm x 1mm:  $2,780

Please visit our site to see our Libyan Desert Glass. Libyan Desert Glass is generally yellow in color but can be very clear or milky and bubbly light yellow. Some fragments have dark bands and swirls of brownish material. It is in these dark areas that some of the melted comic body is believed by some to be preserved. Libyan Desert Glass was used in ancient times as a gem stone for the Pharaohs and remains a highly prized impact glass for collectors today.

Zagami is considered to be the typical Shergottite; and it was the first Martian meteorite available to collectors. Shergottites are thought to result from magma erupting from a fissure in the Martian crust and then moving in a shallow flow across the surface where it quickly cools. This typical slice shows how solidified pyroxene crystals are oriented in the somewhat general direction of flow. Tiny cracks in the rock are visible as plagioclase shock melt glass veins, as seen on the right side of this slice. Any cracks in contact with the Martian surface when the meteorite's ejection impact occurred will have Mars atmosphere preserved within shock melt glass vein bubbles!

1.07 gram partial slice; 11mm x 23mm x 1.5mm:  $2,170