Real Moon Rock / White Gold Ring

This certified Moon rock was cut from the lunar meteorite named Dhofar 461 originating from the Moon. The lunar origin of the meteorite was proved by Paul Warren and A. Rubin from UCLA (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Analysis by the researcher Paul Warren has revealed this meteorite to be a piece of the Moon ejected into space by asteroid impact.

• Piece of the Moon: partial slice of the lunar meteorite Dhofar 461 which was found on Earth in a desert in the Sultanate of Oman. More details on the web site of the "Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis" prepared by Randy Korotev
• Certificate of Authenticity: As members of the "Meteoritical Society" we guarantee the authenticity of the lunar meteorite. Our certification guarantees the lunar meteorite classified by Paul Warren and A. Rubin from UCLA (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

The certified piece of the Moon inlaid in the 18K gold ring was cut from the lunar rock named Dhofar 461 (a lunar meteorite). As members of the Meteoritical Society we garantee the authenticity.

This lunar meteorite was found in April 2000 and classified by A. Rubin and P.Warren, UCLA (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,University of California,Los Angeles,CA 90095-1567,USA). Analysis by the researcher Paul Warren has revealed this meteorite to be piece of the moon, ejected into space by asteroid impact. With this discovery, for the first time pieces of the Moon are available for a reasonable investment to Museums and private collectors alike more...

For the first time pieces of the Moon in gold ring are available for an accessible price ! Two examples of prices:

A sample of lunar dust, weighing only a few milligrams, sold at a Superior Galleries auction in California in 1993 for $42,500 (Final Frontier, May/June 1993, p6)

A short while later, a sale of Russian lunar samples took place in New York at a Southeby's auction. An estimated one carat rock fragment sold for a record $442,000 (Final Frontier, March/April, 1994, pp. 58-61).

Lunar meteorites are part of lunar soil blasted from the Moon as high-speed ejecta during impact events. Lunar meteorites are of great scientific importance because they come from areas of the Moon that were likely not sampled by the Apollo missions. There are fewer than 30 meteorites known to be pieces of Earth's Moon (lunar meteorites). The total weight of all recovered moon meteorites is less than 6kg (compared to thousands of tons of high cutting quality diamonds are found each year). Lunar meteorites are highly unique and precious treasures from space.

Information on the Lunar Meteorite Dhofar 461

NAME: DHOFAR 461

TYPE: Lunar, anorthositic crystalline melt breccia
DATE OF FIND: Found April 22, 2001
T. K.W: 33.72g