Educational Kit
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Educational Meteorite Kit

$299.00

Educational Meteorite Kit

With Real Piece Of Moon + Mars

 + Iron meteorite + Stony Meteorite

Quantity

Warning: Breakable. Not recommended for children under 8 years of age.

  • ·Piece of the Moon: Minimum size 0.08x0.08 inch (2x2mm) was cut from the lunar rock Dhofar 461 (a lunar meteorite) a lunar rock found in the desert and certified as lunar by the researchers A. Rubin and Paul 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.
  • ·Piece of the Mars: Minimum size 0.12x0.08 inch (3x2mm) was cut from the Mars rock Dhofar 019 (a meteorite from Mars) found in the desert and certified as martian by the researchers M. Nazarov and M. Ivanova (Vernadsky Institute Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences); L. A. Taylor, (Dept. of geological Sciences Planetary Geosciences Institute of the Univeristy of Tennesse, USA).
  • ·Stony Meteorite (Chondrite L4-L6 named NWA 869). A selected meteorite with fusion crust found in Africa. Weight: 10g minimum, Size 0.8 x 0.8 inch (10x10mm approximately). The photo showed here is an example - you may not necessarily receive this meteorite.
  • ·Iron Meteorite (Octahedrite Meteorite named Campo del Cielo). A selected meteorite, found in Argentina. Weight: 10g minimum, Size 0.4x0.4 inch (10x10mm approximately).The photo showed here is an example - you may not necessarily receive this meteorite.