Le Visitatrici Lunar Bracelet - Genuine Lunar Meteorite Jewelry

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$ 5,800.00

Le Visitatrici is a unique expression of another world visiting ours. 13 hand carved lunar meteorites adorn this one-of-a-kind masterpiece designed and crafted by Joshua Eisler. The meteorites are set in a stunning .925 silver to reflect the silver brilliance of the Moon. The light of the setting elegantly complements and sets off the deep color and patterns of the Visitatrici meteorites. The name Visitatrici is Italian for "visitors" and is so named in homage of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini who created the first scientific map of the Moon.

Bracelet length (Adjustable): 170mm - 196mm

Number of set Lunar Meteorites: 13 hand cut lunar meteorite stones

Dimensions of each set Lunar Meteorite: 10.40mm x 8mm

Setting: .925 Silver

Paren body: The Moon - this is material formed on the Moon and ejected from our celestial neighbor by a meteorite impact and then itself became a meteorite when it hit the Earth. It was recovered in 2021 in the Sahara Desert.

Lunar meteorite official name: NWA 16530

Type: Lunar fragmental breccia

Year Found: 2021

Country: Northwest Africa

Description: The enchanting Le Visitatrici lunar bracelet has been hand crafted from a single lunar meteorite into 13 free-hand shaped pieces to find and enhance the best qualities in each area of the stone, making each of the 13 pieces of meteorite one-of-a-kind and masterfully unlike anything else on this planet. These lunar center stones have been set in .925 sterling silver to make this unique and delightful bracelet.

The story: Our moon protects us from a great many things, including asteroids that might otherwise come crashing to Earth. This is evidenced by the millions of craters that cover the Moon's surface. Thankfully the bombardments have slowed down considerably in the last few hundred million years, but they still do occur from time to time. Lunar meteorites are material ejected from our Moon's surface when it gets hit by a meteorite. If the impact has enough energy, some of the ejecta gets thrown so far it escapes the Moon's gravity becoming meteoroids hurtling through space. Some of those lunar meteoroids have the potential to eventually be captured by Earth's gravity and come screaming through the atmosphere to hit the surface. Once they hit the Earth's surface, they earn the designation of being a meteorite. Much later, perhaps thousands of years later, an even smaller fraction of the meteorites that didn't fall into the oceans or onto unrecoverable areas, are found by nomads and others traveling through the dry deserts. Nothing short of miraculous odds. Meteorites, and Lunar meteorites in particular, are much more rare than diamonds. To describe them as simply rare is beyond an understatement. These magnificent visitors from another world are utterly miraculous.

What you get: Genuine lunar meteorite and sterling silver bracelet as shown, jewelry storage box, and Certificate of Authenticity.

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Northwest Africa 16530

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 16530
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 16530
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2024
Country: Morocco
Mass: 840 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

Lunar (frag. breccia)

This is 1 of 48 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (frag. breccia).

Comments:

Approved 8 Apr 2024

Writeup

Writeup from MB 113:

Northwest Africa 16530 (NWA 16530)

Morocco

Purchased: 2024 Jan

Classification: Lunar meteorite (frag. breccia)

Physical characteristics: Many small stones between approximately 1 and 20 g without fusion crust, some with caliche covering part of their exterior. Saw cut reveals a dark-gray interior with light angular and rounded clasts.

Petrography: (D. Dickens, CCMS) Examination of a polished microprobe mount shows a polymict fragmental breccia of mostly anorthite with accessory olivine and pyroxene. Fine-grained matrix contains vesicles from <1 µm to approximately 100 µm. A few Fe-Ni grains were observed.

Geochemistry: (D. Dickens, CCMS) Olivine Fa_24.6±1.4, Fe/Mn=100±15, n=5; Pigeonite Fs_22.7±1.1Wo_10.9±1.9, Fe/Mn=56±7, n=4; Plagioclase An_97.2±0.1Ab_2.18±0.1, n=7.

Classification: Lunar fragmental breccia Likely paired with Bechar 003, 007, 009, 010, 010, and 012.

Specimens: 20.6 g at TCU; remainder with J. Eisler

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Tucson, AZ
Date:	P 2024 Jan
Mass (g):	840
Pieces:	Many
Class:	Lunar (frag. breccia)
Fayalite (mol%):	24.6±1.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.7±1.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	10.9±1.9
Classifier:	D. Dickens, CCMS
Type spec mass (g):	20.6
Type spec location:	TCU
Main mass:	Mr. J. Eisler
Comments:	Field name; JE01.; submitted by Dustin Dickens

Institutions
and collections

TCU: Oscar E. Monnig Collection, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 2012-02-24)
CCMS: Colorado Center for Meteoritic Studies 6200 Becker LN Loveland, CO 80538, United States (private address; updated 2024-01-22)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2025) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 113. Meteoritics & Planetary Science.

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2398 approved meteorites from >Morocco (plus 36 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)