40000 - Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g
40000 - Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g 40000 - Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g 40000 - Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g 40000 - Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g 40000 - Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g

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40000 - Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g

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Species
Troctolite lithology
Age
Museum Grade Lunar Meteorite Full Large Slice "NWA 17509" (prov) Troctolite 166g
Location
North West Africa
Formation
Planetary Achondrite - Lunar
Size
 mm   •    in
Weight
166 g   •    oz
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Description
Meteorite type & CLASS / OFFICIAL NAME or NUMBER (Meteoritical Bulletin Database): NWA 17509 provisional - Troctolite lithology - Lunar Meteorite

FALL/FIND LOCATION: North West Africa

WEIGHT: 166g full slice
Size: 18,2 x 16,1 x 0,2cm

Meteoritical Bulletin Database: This meteorite has already been analyzed and confirmed as a Lunar troctolite. It has been provisionally assigned the number NWA 17509. It is pending official entry in MetBull.

Observations:

The authenticity of this specimen is guaranteed and certified by me, the Geologist J.A.Poblador, member of the Global Meteorite Association G0043 and International Meteorite Collectors Association IMCA 5681. 

Provenance chain: Ex Mark Lyon Meteorite Collection - Geologist Juan A. Poblador (Jurassic Dreams)

The meteorite would have started its journey to Earth as a result of a massive meteor strike on the moon's surface, likely creating one of the craters we see on the Moon today. That initial strike had sufficient force to eject this and other rocks from the surface of the moon at escape velocity, leaving them to float freely in space. Eventually, this mass intersected with the Earth's own orbit where its surface was flash-heated to 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit on entry, then rapidly cooled in the frigid temperatures of Earth's upper atmosphere, before slowing to approximately 200 miles per hour on its final descent. This fall would have lit the Saharan sky up before hurtling down to its site of discovery.

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