Lunar Meteorite, Lahmada 020, Western Sahara, .6g

Lunar Meteorite, Lahmada 020, Western Sahara, .6gLunar Meteorite, Lahmada 020, discovered in 2018 in the Western Sahara. Lunar meteorites are lunar rocks that were ejected from the moon during impacts, later these moon rocks entered our atmosphere and fell to the Earth as meteorites. This meteorite's official name is Lahmada 020 and is classified as a feldspathic breccia. Includes 1. 25" collectors box with specimen ID card. Size: 10mm Weight: . 6g Location: Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara Year

Encrusted with quartz druzy

but at 5 x 4mm it's surprisingly large for a Popigai diamond

soft aquamarine-blue blends seamlessly into icy clear-aqua

this piece has sparkling colorless rhombohedral Phenakite crystals

in Southwest Egypt near the border of Libya

the piece was first acquired by a Tucson mineral dealer from a Czech Moldavite dealer in the early 2000s at the Tucson Gem Shows

Size: 16 x 20 x 6mm

Size: 11 x 7

Size: 27 x 20 x 11mm

Weight: 53

Weight: 11g

It was rediscovered when a storage unit containing display cases and a few dusty old mineral flats was purchased from a mineral dealer in Tucson