On Offer: Moon Ring with center stone fashioned from the lunar meteorite NWA 11787 and set in 925 Sterling Silver.

Size: 8

Center Stone: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Meteorite

Official name: NWA 11787

Paren body: The Moon - this is material ejected from our Moon when it was hit by another meteorite and became a meteorite itself when it hit the Earth.

Description: This beautiful moon ring has been hand crafted and assembled in the US by AZ based artisan Josh Eisler. The center stone for this ring was ejected from the Moon and recovered by nomads in the Algerian desert. The center stone has been free-hand shaped to find the best qualities in each area of the stone, and making every piece totally unique. Set in Sterling Silver, this ring is a size 8. This beautiful brecciated meteorite was found in Algeria by locals and purchased in Mauritania by TOP Meteorite in 2017. It has been classified at the University of Mexicos Institute of Meteoritics and given the name NWA 11787 with classification Lunar Feldspathic Breccia and published in the Meteoritical Bulletin.

What you get: Ring with genuine lunar meteorite center stone, as shown, set in sterling silver, signed Certificate of Authenticity.

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Northwest Africa 11787Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 11787
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11787
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Mauritania
Mass: 23.5 kgClassification
history:Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation]
This is 1 of 157 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all]
Search for other: Lunar meteoritesComments:Approved 26 May 2018Writeup
Writeup from MB 107:

Northwest Africa 11787 (NWA 11787)

Mauritania

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Purchased in Mauritania by Dustin Dickens from anonymous meteorite hunter.

Physical characteristics: Many visually identical appearing pieces, ranging from several kilograms to sub-gram fragments. Some pieces show a light-gray, remnant fusion crust on one or more faces, with most having no fusion crust. Saw cut reveals a fragmental breccia with white feldspathic clasts set in a dark-gray ground mass.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite is a polymict breccia of fragmental feldspathic, troctolitic and mafic lithologies, as well as fragmental pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase grains, and shock melt with vescicles.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) olivine Fa: 25.6 8.9, Fe/Mn=95 18, n=13; low-Ca pyroxene Fs 26.2 8.8Wo 6.2 2.5, Fe/Mn=52 4, n=7; subcalcic augite Fs 35.9 5.8Wo 26.9 7.9, Fe/Mn=69 5, n=2; augite Fs 14.5 7.1Wo 41.0 2.0, Fe/Mn=45 15, n=3; plagioclase An 96.2 0.8, n=6; Shock melt (20 _m defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO 2=42.9 0.4, TiO 2=0.11 0.05, Al 2O 3=31.1 4.0, Cr 2O 3=0.10 0.05, MgO=5.1 3.3, FeO=3.3 2.0, MnO=0.05 0.05, CaO=16.6 1.6, Na 2O=0.37 0.06, K 2O=0.04 0.00 (all wt%), n=3.

Classification: Lunar feldspathic breccia

Specimens: 21.25 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Dustin Dickens holds the main mass.

Data from:
MB107
Table 0
Line 0:Place of purchase:MauritaniaDate:P 2017Mass (g):23500Pieces:ManyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:moderateFayalite (mol%):25.6 8.9Ferrosilite (mol%):26.2 8.8, 35.9 5.8, 14.5 7.1Wollastonite (mol%):6.2 2.5, 26.9 7.9, 41.0 2.0Classifier:C. Agee, UNMType spec mass (g):21.25Type spec location:UNMMain mass:Dustin DickensComments:Field name DD-20; submitted by C. Agee, UNM

ID:117871SRING2005
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Product Attributes:

Country/Region Of Manufacture: United States

Featured Refinements: Lunar Meteorite

Modified Item: No

Top Meteorite: Engagement Ring

Weight (lbs.): 0.50 lb

Length (in.): 12

Width (in.): 10

Height (in.): 3