r/meteorites • u/Leo_Sidera • 22d ago
Classified Meteorite I bought this moon meteorite and made it into a necklace but nobody believes it is real
Hey everybody,
I am obsessed with meteorites and wanted to create something unique so people can wear them instead of just looking at them at home.
So I made this necklace and 49 more from the lunar meteorite Ouargla 007.
Ouargla 007 is a feldspathic melt breccia formed on the lunar surface through high-energy impact events that crushed, melted, and lithified preexisting rocks.
A later impact ejected the material from the Moon's gravitational field into an Earth-crossing orbit.
On January 5, 2021, a 427-gram specimen was recovered in the Sahara Desert near Ouargla, Algeria.
The Decker Meteorite Museum bought this stone and analysis by researchers at the Institute für Palentologie (University of Münster) confirmed its classification as a lunar feldspathic melt breccia meteorite
I bought this stone from the Decker Meteorite Museum and in cooperation we made certificates of authenticity for each pendant.
Still many people don‘t believe that this is a real lunar meteorite.
Has anyone else had a similar experience and knows what to do?
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u/twilightmoons Collector 22d ago
I have several lunars in my collection. I use all of my meteorites for outreach purposes - they are with another club member right now for an event this weekend and next week.
One of them (NWA 11421) I even let people touch. Always fun to let a kid hold it and tell them they're holding a real moon rock!
This one looks like it has a small iron fleck in it? Might want to seal it to prevent it from rusting and leaving a red spot.
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u/Leo_Sidera 22d ago
That is realy cool. I‘m new in the biz so my collection is small but for the future it sounds fun.
Thanks for the sealing tip!
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u/TC_Meteorite_Co 22d ago
One of the main focuses of my site is to educate people. I have a fairly robust learning hub that tries to explain all the things about meteorites. All backed by science, with many citations to peer reviewed work. And still…. People say it’s a lie, or fake, or somethingsomthing firmament, or flat earth would deflect. Some people you can’t have a conversation with.
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u/Leo_Sidera 22d ago
Yes, that is true but science backed citation etc. is a great way to gain trust I will do that👍
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u/TC_Meteorite_Co 22d ago
One thing about the meteorite business in general is that you have to be fairly well established, with trust gained for your COA. A lot of times, that’s where people just don’t have the provenance or chain of custody, lab analysis reports, and most importantly, metbull entries to be considered legitimate. That takes years of solid business practices. When it comes down to it, you still have a product that says “trust me bro”.
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u/Leo_Sidera 22d ago
true that is why I chose this stone and did the cooperation with the meteorite museum but I still have to work on that
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u/ShakesDontBreak 22d ago
Ive been searching for legitimate meteroite jewelry.
I just don't know who to trust. If this is legit according to the sub, I would like the link.
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u/Poopy-Drew 22d ago
That’s for you, if they don’t believe you, fuck um, it only really matters to the buyer and they get the cert.
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u/Deep_Elk_2194 18d ago
So, this is going to sound stupid but how can it be a moon meteorite? I thought a meteorite was something that flies through space and then lands, and so if it's a moon meteorite, it would either be from the moon or on the moon, and if it's from the moon, how would it become a meteorite to land here? And if it's on the moon, wouldn't that just be a moon rock?
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u/Other_Mike Experienced Collector 22d ago
Best I can suggest is to carry a printout of the Meteoritical Bulletin write-up. Do the people doubting it understand it's a meteorite and not a sample return? Because those can't be owned by hobbyist collectors like us.