On Offer: Lunar Cufflinks, we are pleased to offer handcrafted cufflinks with center stones fashioned from a lunar meteorite. Shaped by hand and set in 925 Sterling Silver. Each handcrafted set of lunar cufflinks is unique in both its origin and center stone. While each center stone will adhere to a unified aesthetic, it will nonetheless be totally unique in its exact patterning.

Cufflink measures: Approximately 17.88 mm x 14.29 mm

Meteorite Type: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

Lunar Meteorite Name: NWA 14041

Found: Mali

Year Found: 2021

Description: *Beautiful set of lunar meteorite oval cufflinks in Sterling Silver.

These beautiful moon cufflinks have been hand crafted and assembled in the US by AZ based artisan Joshua Eisler. The center stone for these cufflinks was ejected from the Moon and found in Mali by camel shepherds in January 2021 .

The center stone has been free-hand shaped to find the best qualities in each area of the stone, and making every piece totally unique. It has been classified and given the name NWA 14041 by the Meteoritical Society with the classification: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia. The official name and classification have been published in the Meteoritical Bulletin.

Paren body: The Moon - this is material ejected from our Moon when it was hit by another meteorite and became a meteorite itself when it hit the Earth.

What you get: Two lunar meteorite cufflinks set in Sterling Silver as shown, w/ signed Certificate of Authenticity, and handcrafted custom box.

Top Meteorite offers a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy.

*Buyer Notice: Each center stone is unique which means no two set of cufflinks will be the exactly the same. We use the same .925 sterling silver settings, the same lunar meteorite material hand cut from the same main mass. This means the center stones in your cufflinks will be unique and not be exactly the same as those in the pictures above. This allows us to provide our clients with multiple sets of lunar cufflinks without the added costs of photographing each set.

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Northwest Africa 14041

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 14041
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 14041
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Mali
Mass: 11.7 kg

Classification
history:

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Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 6 Jul 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 14041 (NWA 14041)

Mali

Purchased: 2021 Feb

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Found in Mali by camel shepherds in January 2021 and subsequently purchased in Algeria by Ahmed Salek.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, pigeonite, exsolved pigeonite and minor Ti-chromite set in a fine grained matrix containing minor secondary calcite and a K-Ca-bearing zeolite phase.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_29.0-51.5, FeO/MnO = 99-102, N = 4), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs_23.3Wo_3.7, FeO/MnO = 60), pigeonite (Fs_32.6-68.1Wo_8.7-19.5, FeO/MnO = 52-75, N = 4), pigeonite host (Fs_42.0Wo_10.4, FeO/MnO = 66), augite exsolution lamella (Fs_22.1Wo_40.6, FeO/MnO = 71), anorthite (An_90.8-96.0Or_0.1, N = 3).

Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia).

Specimens: 23.6 g in the form of a polished endcut at UWB; remainder with Mr. A. Salek.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Algeria
Date:	P 2021 Feb
Mass (g):	11700
Pieces:	5
Class:	Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	29.0-51.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.3; 32.6-68.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.7; 8.7-19.5
Classifier:	A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):	23.6
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	A. Salek
Comments:	Work name Ahmed 01; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)