A piece of the moon for sale: just US$2.5mil

TheStar Thu, Apr 30, 2020 12:44pm - 3 years View Original


An undated picture shows a moon rock in unknown location. CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON: One of the world's largest lunar meteorites goes on private sale at Christie's on Thursday, valued at 2 million pounds (US$2.49 million).

The moon rock, weighing over 13.5 kg, was probably struck off the surface of the moon by a collision with an asteroid or comet and then showered down on the Sahara desert.

Known as NWA 12691, it is thought to be the fifth largest piece of the moon ever found on earth. There is just 650 kg of moon rock known to be on earth.

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