SAMPLES
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NWA 4925 MARS GIFT BOX
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To date there have been around 50 different "Mars rock" meteorites found, mainly in the Sahara and Antartic. The marjority of these are classed as "enriched" basaltic shergottites, whereas the "depleted" group of olivine-phyric, and olivine-orthopyroxene-phyric shergottites are rarer.
This sample is an encased piece of the NWA 4925 Martian Meteorite, olivine-phyric shergottite meteorite that was found the Sahara 2007.
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NWA 1195 MARS GIFT BOX
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| Similar in composition to the NWA-4925 sample above, this encased piece of the NWA 1195 Martian Meteorite is classified as Shergottite olivine-orthopyroxene-phyric reduced/depleted. It was purchased in Morocco in 2002 for the Hupe collection and a sample analysed and classified by Irving and Kuehner at the University of Washington.
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NWA 4857 MARS GIFT BOX
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| Found in Morocco 2007, this encased piece of the NWA 4857 Martian Meteorite is classified as Basaltic Shergottite in composition.
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NWA 4766 MARS GIFT BOX
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| Another Mars rock, this encased piece of the NWA 4766 Martian Meteorite is also classified as Basaltic Shergottite. And like NWA-4857 above, it was also found in 2007.
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NWA 4734 LUNAR GIFT BOX
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| NWA 4734 Achondrite (lunar) came to light in late 2006 and early 2007 when sold by nomads in Erfoud, Morocco. This was the 38th of around 50 lunar meteorites classified to date.
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NWA 4881 LUNAR GIFT BOX
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| Found in 2005, NWA 4881 Achondrite (lunar, granulitic breccia) was purchased from dealers in Morocco in 2007. It has been paired with NWA 3163.
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NWA 4483 LUNAR GIFT BOX
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| Found in Algeria in July 2006, NWA 4483 is classified as Achondrite (lunar, granulitic breccia). Also paired with NWA 3163.
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SELECTION OF METEORITE SAMPLES
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| NWA 4734 (Lunar) - Display | NWA 4857 (Martian) - Display | Tatahouine (Diogenite) - .5g | NWA 4024 (Winonaite) - 70mg | Allende (CV3) - 60mg |
| Camel Donga (Eucrite) - 20mg | Norton County (Aubrite) - 20mg | Brahin (Pallasite) - .53g | Carancas (H4-5) - 2mg | NWA 5511 (LL5) - .16g |
| Campo del Cielo (Iron) - 2.46g | Sikhote-Alin (Iron) - 1.74g | Tamdakht (H5) - 10mg |
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COINS AND MEDALS
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25th ANNIVERSARY OF MOON LANDING MEDAL
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| ISSUED BY: | Germany |
| DATE OF Issue: | 1993 |
| MINTAGE: | ? |
| METAL: | Gold plated |
| This gold plated medal was issued in Germany in 1993, for the following year's 25th anniversary of the moon landing. It contains a large fragment of meteorite that is dark green and glassy in appearance. |
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CAMPO DEL CIELO
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| DATE OF METEORITE: | 2700 - 2200 BC |
| MINTAGE: | 1,000 |
| METAL: | Zinc alloy base |
| This medal contians a peice of the Campo Del Cielo ("Field of the Sky") meteorite found by Spanish explorers in 1576 near Gran Chaco, Argentina. Investigating ancient accounts of a source of iron that fell from the sky, explorers discovered a crater field spanning an area of 3×20 kilometers and containing around 26 craters. The craters are estimated to age from 4,200–4,700 years old. Over 100 tonnes of Meteorite rock has been recovered from this site, the largest being 37 Tonnes in weight. |
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NWA 869 CHONDRITE L5 2000
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| MINTAGE: | 1,000 |
| METAL: | Zinc alloy base |
| Around 2 tons of miscellanious small meteorite debris were found by nomads near Tindouf Algeria in the Sahara 1999. |
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PALAU NANTHAN 2006
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| ISSUED BY: | Republic of Palau $5 coin. |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2006 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | 1516 |
| MINTAGE: | 2,500 |
| METALS: | Silver Proof |
| Found in Guangxi Province China 1958, the Nathan Meteorite is beleived to have fallen around 1516. It appears to have broken up in the air, as pieces were found scattered over an area of 400 square miles. It is estimated that the total weight was around 9,500 Kg. |
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CANYON DIABLO/NININGER
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| ISSUED BY: | Nakhla Dog Meteorites |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2007 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | 40,000 - 20,000 BC |
| MINTAGE: | 300 |
This medal features a piece of meteorite from the find near Canyon Diablo Arizona in 1891. It created Meteor Crator at Canyon Diablo Flagstaff, impacting the earth some time between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago. No one is sure just how big it was but 30 tons of meteorite have been recovered and it has been estimated at over 253 tons in mass before impact.
The medal was issued in 2007 to commemorate the life and work of Harvey Nininger, the scientist who brought meteoritics to the mainstream. |
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SIKHOTE-ALIN/KRINOV
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| ISSUED BY: | Nakhla Dog Meteorites |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2007 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | 1947 |
| MINTAGE: | 300 |
| Issued for the 60th anniversary of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite. It was seen to fall on 12-February-1947 in the Sikhote-Alin mountains of Russia. Witnesses report seeing smoke trails as the meteorite approached the ground before exploding in mid-air. It then broke up, scattering craters over an area of about half a square mile. |
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CHERGACH MALI CHONDRITE H5
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| ISSUED BY: | Mali |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | ? |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | July 2007 |
| MINTAGE: | 100 |
| This medal features a piece of the Chergach meteorite fall of 2007 that fell in the Tombouchtou region of Mali. |
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COOK ISLANDS 2007 Brenham
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| ISSUED BY: | Cook Islands $5 coin |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2007 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | ? |
| MINTAGE: | 2,500 |
| METALS: | Silver proof |
| This coin features a piece of the Brenham meteorite found in 1882 in Kansas, USA. |
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PULTUSK CHONDRITE H5 2008
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| ISSUED BY: | ? |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2008 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | 1868 |
| MINTAGE: | 1,000 |
| Issued for the 140th anniversary of the Pultusk meteorite shower of 1868. |
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COOK ISLANDS 2008 PULTUSK
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| ISSUED BY: | Cook Islands $5 coin |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2008 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | 1868 |
| MINTAGE: | 2,500 |
| METALS: | Silver proof |
| The meteorite featured on this coin was part of the meteorite shower find of 2006 near Pultusk Poland. |
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COOK ISLANDS 2009 MOON
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| ISSUED BY: | Cook Islands $5 coin |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2009 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | ? |
| MINTAGE: | 100,000 |
| METALS: | Silver proof |
| Issued for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, this coin features a piece of a Lunar meteorite. |
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COOK ISLANDS 2009 NMA-4881 MOON
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| ISSUED BY: | Cook Islands $5 coin |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2009 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | 2005 |
| MINTAGE: | 1,969 |
| METALS: | Silver proof |
Issued to commemorate both the 40th anniversary of the American moon landing and the 50th anniversary of the Soviet's Luna 3 space probe, this coin features a piece of the NMA 4881 Lunar meteorite.
One side is light silver and shows the face of the moon visible to the Earth and notes the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing, whilst the other is darker and shows the side of the moon that faces away from the Earth. This side of the coin commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Luna 3 probe which returned the first images of the dark side of the moon. |
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COOK ISLANDS 2009 NMA-4925 MARS
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| ISSUED BY: | Cook Islands $5 coin |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2009 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | 2007 |
| MINTAGE: | 2,500 |
| METALS: | Silver Copper plated |
| Issued for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of the telescope to study the planet Mars, this coin features a piece of the NWA 4925 martian meteorite. |
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AUSTRALIA 2009
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| ISSUED BY: | Royal Australian Mint $5 Coin. |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 2009 |
| DATE OF METEORITE: | N/A |
| MINTAGE: | 10,000 |
| METALS: | Fine Silver Proof |
| Issued for the International year of Astronomy this medal contains some peices of the Campo del Cielo meteorites. |
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NWA 482 MOON
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| MINTAGE: | 250 |
| Found in the Sahara early in January 2001. Researchers have compared NWA 482 to the "Genesis Rock" returned by the Apollo 15 mission because of the high concentration of anorthosite contained in the meteorite. It is aged at approximately 4.5 billion years old and is the only white lunar meteorite found to date. |
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NWA 2995 MOON
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| MINTAGE: | 250 |
| Contains a piece of the NWA 2995 Achondrite (Lunar feldspathic breccia) Moon Meteorite found in Algeria 2005. |
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NWA 2995 MOON
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| MINTAGE: | 250 |
| Contains a piece of the NWA 2995 Achondrite (Lunar feldspathic breccia) Moon Meteorite found in Algeria 2005. |
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NWA 2986 MARS
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| MINTAGE: | 250 |
| Contains a piece of the NWA 2986 Mars meteorite found in Algeria 2006. The meteorite has been paired with NWA-2975 for classification. |
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NWA 2986 MARS
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| MINTAGE: | 250 |
| Contains a piece of the NWA 2986 Mars meteorite found in Algeria 2006. |
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