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The Allende meteorite fell months before man's arrival on the Moon, so NASA's laboratories were ready to study the first Apollo 11 lunar rocks and Dr. Elbert King, who designed the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, exchanged with institutions around the world samples from Allende, allowing it to be analysed by international specialists.   The Allende is one of the most fascinating, coveted and hard-to-find meteorites. Meteorite For Sale, Lunar Meteorite, Rocks And Fossils, Fall Months, Apollo 11, On The Moon, To Study, Online Auctions, Natural Wonders

The Allende meteorite fell months before man's arrival on the Moon, so NASA's laboratories were ready to study the first Apollo 11 lunar rocks and Dr. Elbert King, who designed the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, exchanged with institutions around the world samples from Allende, allowing it to be analysed by international specialists. The Allende is one of the most fascinating, coveted and hard-to-find meteorites.

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Lunaite - lunar breccia (NW Africa 8586 Meteorite).This Moon rock has been classified as a "lunar feldspathic fragmental breccia": a poor lithologic label.All breccias have fragments so "fragmental breccia" is uninformative, unnecessary, & redundant.Also the dominant clast type isn't feldspar, it's anorthosite, a coarsely-crystalline textured, intrusive igneous rock dominated by the mineral anorthite.Some clasts are basalt from lunar lowlands.The anorthosite clasts come from the lunar highlands. Lunar Meteorite, Geology Rocks, Moon Rock, Rock Minerals, Native American Artifacts, Space Rock, Rock Collection, Mineral Stone, Types Of Gemstones

Lunaite - lunar breccia (NW Africa 8586 Meteorite).This Moon rock has been classified as a "lunar feldspathic fragmental breccia": a poor lithologic label.All breccias have fragments so "fragmental breccia" is uninformative, unnecessary, & redundant.Also the dominant clast type isn't feldspar, it's anorthosite, a coarsely-crystalline textured, intrusive igneous rock dominated by the mineral anorthite.Some clasts are basalt from lunar lowlands.The anorthosite clasts come from the lunar…

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