Men's yellow gold ring bearing a certified piece of the Moon cut from the lunar meteorite Dhofar 461
Own a 18K yellow gold ring with a real piece of the Moon cut from a lunar meteorite (lunar rock found on Earth) found in the desert and classified by A. Rubin and Paul Warren, UCLA (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,University of California,Los Angeles,CA 90095-1567,USA). Analysis by the researcher Paul Warren has revealed this meteorite to be piece of the moon, ejected into space by asteroid impact.
- Piece of the Moon: Was cut from the lunar rock Dhofar 461 (a lunar meteorite)
- Certificate of Authenticity: As members of the Meteoritical Society we guarantee the authenticity. Our certification guarantees the lunar meteorite classified by A. Rubin and Paul Warren, UCLA (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA).
The piece of the Moon was cut from the Dhofar 461, a lunar meteorite found in April 2000 and classified by A. Rubin and P.Warren, UCLA (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,University of California,Los Angeles,CA 90095-1567,USA).. Analysis by the researcher Paul Warren has revealed this meteorite to be piece of the moon, ejected into space by asteroid impact. With this discovery, for the first time pieces of the Moon are available for a reasonable investment to Museums and private collectors alike more...
For the first time pieces of the Moon are available for an accessible price ! Two examples of prices:
A sample of lunar dust, weighing only a few milligrams, sold at a Superior Galleries auction in California in 1993 for $42,500 (Final Frontier, May/June 1993, p6)
A short while later, a sale of Russian lunar samples took place in New York at a Southeby's auction. An estimated one carat rock fragment sold for a record $442,000 (Final Frontier, March/April, 1994, pp. 58-61).
Lunar meteorites are part of lunar soil blasted from the Moon as high-speed ejecta during impact events. Lunar meteorites are of great scientific importance because they come from areas of the Moon that were likely not sampled by the Apollo missions. There are fewer than 30 meteorites known to be pieces of Earth's Moon (lunar meteorites). The total weight of all recovered moon meteorites is less than 6kg (compared to thousands of tons of high cutting quality diamonds are found each year). Lunar meteorites are highly unique and precious treasures from space.
Information on the Lunar Meteorite Dhofar 461:
The Lunar meteorite Dhofar 461 is paired with the Dhofar 026 previously interpreted as an impact melt. Detailed studies of the rock and comparison to Apollo lunar samples 15418 and 60017 indicate that the rock instead is a shocked, partly melted, granulitic breccia.
From The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 89 (Table 6)
Name date found latitude longitude mass pieces comment type
(N) (E) (g) (g)
Dhofar 461 04/22/2001 18°14.682' 53°59.868' 33.7 1 Lunar Paired with Dho 026 3.03
NAME: DHOFAR 461
TYPE: Lunar, granulitic breccia
DATE OF FIND: Found April 22, 2001
T. K.W: 33.72g