Discovered in 2017 in the Moroccan Sahara, NWA12368 was a rare lunar meteorite weighing an impressive 1.86kg. Due to its remarkable size, slices like that seen below were created in order to witness the stunning interior better. NWA12368 consists primarily of fragmental pyroxene, olivine, feldspathic and mafic clasts, and shock melt and survived a high shock level when crashing into the Earth’s crust. Having survived the entry to Earth without burning up, this meteorite also remained as one complete stone with no fusion crust. When examined by scientists, it was revealed the meteorite contained fragmental breccia with scattered white feldspathic and mafic clasts set in a dark grey groundmass.

This slice measures an impressive 13 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm and weighs 55g. Despite being discovered in 2018, the rock within the meteorite itself was actually formed around 3.8 billion years ago.