2.30" Polished Lunar Meteorite (7.71 g) Slice - Ash Shaqqah 002

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About Lunar Meteorite Ash Shaqqah 002

Ash Shaqqah 002 is a lunar meteorite classified as a troctolitic anorthosite. The first meteorite was collected on October 10, 2024, when a group of Libyan falconers searching for birds north of the Jaghbub Oasis, near the Libyan–Egyptian border, spotted an unusual 12 kg brownish stone along the roadside and decided to take it with them. Once it was confirmed to be a lunar meteorite, they returned to the area with others and began recovering additional pieces. In the weeks that followed, many more specimens were collected, including the largest with a mass of 48.8 kg, bringing the total known weight to 329 kg from a strewn field roughly 5 × 3.5 km in size. The stones exhibit brown, desert-weathered surfaces without fusion crust, while cut sections reveal a brecciated interior ranging from gray to brown, with some clasts showing scattered reddish-orange crystals.

Additional information on this Lunar meteorite's petrography and geochemistry can be found at the link below.

Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lunar Meteorite Ash Shaqqah 002

Moon Rocks... On Earth...

Think the only moon rocks on Earth are samples brought back from Apollo missions? Think again!

Lunar meteorites are type of achondrite meteorites that were formed like other stony (chondrite) meteorites, but they were ejected into space by meteorites and other celestial bodies hitting the moon. Almost all lunar meteorites are brecciated amalgamations of feldspathic and basaltic rocks commonly found on the Moon's surface.

Lunar meteorites are pretty rare to find on Earth: the vast majority of meteorites are from the asteroid belt, and less than 1 percent of classified meteorites are lunar in origin. The total mass of all known lunar meteorites is probably less than 1,000 kilograms. Owning a piece of the moon is a pretty rare accomplishment!

One reason they are so rare is because lunar meteorites superficially look just like earth rocks. Even a true meteorite expert would not recognize a lunar meteor laying on the ground among earthly stones. Lunar meteorites have only been recognized in places naturally devoid of rocks, like sandy deserts and ice sheets. In fact, there has never been a lunar meteorite classified from North America, South America or Europe. Most are found in the Sahara Desert (Northwest Africa), Antarctica, or Oman. All Antarctic meteorites are governmental property so they cannot be privately attained.