Darwin Glass from Tasmania Australia 3.79g Individual Impact Glass Mesosiderites This is a lunar meteorite

This is a lunar meteorite by the name of Northwest Africa 11273

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This is a stunning slice of Gadamis 004 "Apollo" lunar

They are the oldest igneous rocks

The weight of this piece is 341

Darwin Glass from Tasmania Australia 3.79g Individual Impact Glass Mesosiderites This is a lunar meteoriteDarwin glass is an impactite. Its a glass made up of a part of the earths crust that melted when an iron meteorite crashed into western Tasmania almost one million years ago. This impact generated a large amount of energy (enough to melt the crust, picture probably the equivalent of several atomic bombs), and created the Darwin Crater. Many craters around the world have glass which formed from the heat of the impact. But, the Mount Darwin Crater has