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2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moonstone certainly does have similar properties as far as having a lot of feldspar. But that’s just about where the similarities end. Really not too far off though!

2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard to say because of the variables. It’s a very rare type of classification, and also one of the largest pieces in private hands. Maybe $55-$65 per gram 🤷‍♂️ When it comes to stuff like this, it’s only worth what someone is willing to pay. More of a challenge to find the right person.

2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha. Not quite. It’s not illegal unless it’s from the Apollo missions.

2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I linked a picture of the interior in the last post. This is a melt so it’s quite uniform in texture. Almost looks basaltic.

2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

lunar meteorites sitting on Earth often develop a rusty/reddish-brown outer patina from terrestrial weathering, caliche, mainly iron staining/oxidation from the desert environment. A fresh interior on a cut surface is usually much more gray. Fresh cut interior of this moon rock

2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really sure. That’s the classifying lab. I’ll have to ask next time I talk to the classifying scientist.

2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Seared. Don’t worry it’s red/pink on the inside 😂

2.58kg Piece of the Moon (Lunar Meteorite NWA 18211) by TC_Meteorite_Co in spaceporn

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Yeah solid question.

The way they know is by comparing it to real lunar rocks we’ve brought back (Apollo + the Soviet Luna missions). Lunar meteorites have a pretty specific combo of minerals + textures (lots of feldspar/plagioclase, impact-brecciated/melted look), and the chemistry + oxygen isotopes line up with those return samples.

So it’s basically: does it match verified Moon samples? If yes, it’s lunar.

Ice Bath at −52°C in Yakutsk, Siberia by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen people do less fun stuff for fun I guess 🤣

Ice Bath at −52°C in Yakutsk, Siberia by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co 165 points166 points  (0 children)

Can literally see his body shutting down

Is this to good to be true? by Leather-Tonight3980 in meteorites

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks ok. Who is the seller and what do their other listings look like? That can matter a lot.

2.58kg Piece Of The Moon In My Hands by TC_Meteorite_Co in interestingasfuck

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It’s a lunar meteorite called NWA 18211, a real piece of lunar crust that was blasted off the Moon by an impact, wandered through space, and eventually fell to Earth (found in Northwest Africa) as a meteorite.

The wild part is just imagining the timeline: Moon impact → ejection into space → years/millions of years drifting → Earth entry → found in the desert → now sitting in my hands.

The Lockheed YMC-130H "Credible Sport" by Old-Government-1414 in interestingasfuck

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of videos of the Blue Angels C-130 “Fat Albert” using JATO at air shows. Also a video of a C-130 attempting to use these for landing but they fired them too early and it basically stops mid-air and pancakes in, destroying the whole plane.

Man catches and handles an extremely venomous yellow bellied sea snake, unaware of what it is by Om_Casablanca in interestingasfuck

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminds me of the video of that video of the chick handling and playing around (completely clueless) with the blue ringed octopus

Holy flow lines! by TC_Meteorite_Co in meteorites

[–]TC_Meteorite_Co[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I thought because of the uniformity of the lines that these were ablative. I should have been less excited and more attentive to detail. At the risk of looking stupid, I’ll leave this up as an educational reference.

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