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Christie Manson & Woods Ltd
8 King Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6QT, United Kingdom
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Having been blasted off the lunar surface following an asteroid impact, rocks from the Moon are among the rarest substances on Earth, and now offered is a sectional wedge of one such rock. There are less than 750 kg of lunar meteorites known to exist and a significant fraction is controlled by governmental institutions. Moon rocks are identified by specific textural, mineralogical, chemical and isotopic signatures. Many of the common minerals found on Earth’s surface are rare on the Moon and some lunar minerals are unknown on Earth. In addition, Moon rocks contain gases captured from the solar wind with isotope ratios very different from the same gases found on Earth.
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In excellent condition noting stable, and often seen, hairline faults in the rock.
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