NWA 3163 Lunar Feldspathic Granulitic Impactite Meteorite
Imagine being on one of many trips to Morocco to buy meteorites and one fateful day you happen across one that you have never seen before. You take a gamble thinking it 'might' be an aubrite or a howardite and later discover it is a 1634 gram lunar meteorite! That is what happened to me that fateful day. Read more about this amazing discovery here...
Article about NWA 3163:
Hupé, G.M., (2006) Million Dollar Meteorites of 2005 (article).
Click here to read about the discovery and importance of NWA 3163
The 1122 gram main mass is curated at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. Most of the specimens I have available are listed here. As you can see, there is not much left to go around!
Meteoritical Bulletin entry for NWA 3163:
Click here for the Official classification of NWA 3163
Article about NWA 3163:
Hupé, G.M., (2006) Million Dollar Meteorites of 2005 (article).
Click here to read about the discovery and importance of NWA 3163
The 1122 gram main mass is curated at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. Most of the specimens I have available are listed here. As you can see, there is not much left to go around!
Meteoritical Bulletin entry for NWA 3163:
Click here for the Official classification of NWA 3163
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