Selene Moon Ring - Genuine Lunar Meteorite Jewelry - Size 7

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Selene Moon Ring

Selene, goddess of the moon in Greek Mythology.

Selene Moon Ring's Center Stone: Lunar Meteorite - Real piece of the Moon. A lunar fragmental breccia meteorite named NWA 16530

Ring size: 7

Center stone dimensions: 9.33 mm x 8 mm x 2 mm

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.

Center Stone Official name: NWA 16530

Type: Lunar Fragmental Breccia

Year Found: 2021

Country: Northwest Africa

Description: Beautiful and unique, our Selene Moon Ring has a hand crafted center stone fashioned from a piece of the Moon and set in 14Kt Solid Gold.

Each ring has a unique center stone and it is a completely unique part of the Moon. No two rings are exactly alike. The center stone for this ring was ejected from the Moon and has been free-hand shaped to find the best qualities in each area of the stone, and making every piece totally unique. The ring is set in 14 K gold.

The story: Our moon takes a lot of hits. 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 thousand 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 fall into Earth's gravity well and go 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 terrain, are recovered by nomads and others who happen to find them. Nothing short of miraculous odds. To describe them as rare, is perhaps an understatement.

What you get: 14K Gold ring with genuine lunar meteorite center stone, size 7, as shown, 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)