For my one year anniversary/farewell for my research job my team all chipped in an bought me a pendant bottle with moon dust in it I’m gonna cry
here’s a picture because some people were asking. the moon dust isn’t from an Apollo mission or anything, but rather a lunar meteorite that struck the earth (Lunaite). My pendant in particular is about about a 10mg sample of the meteorite NWA 4881 (Standing for Northwest Africa). It was found in 2005 and weighs 606g. It was purchased privately by Stefan Ralew in 2007.
[not my picture, my actual necklace is still in shipping]
Here are some pictures of NWA 4881
Okay so mine finally came! It looks so pretty
Some new information I found: NWA 4881 is thought to be about 4 billion years old, which is about 500 million years after a massive object struck the earth, creating the moon. At this time, the earth had only just cooled enough for a crust to form. Some think, that due to geological markers, that the meteorite arrived on earth around 1.34 billion years ago.
