Moon and Stars Necklace - Lunar Meteorite and Campo del Cielo Jewelry

A Lunar Meteorite Necklace That Joins Moon Dust and Asteroid Iron

This lunar meteorite necklace pairs two stones from very different worlds. One strand carries a complete Campo del Cielo iron meteorite. The other carries a Swarovski crystal backed with lunar dust from the NWA 5000 meteorite. Both are set in sterling silver.

Product Details

• Material: Sterling silver chains and settings
• Style: Lunar meteorite necklace in two lengths
• Specimens: Complete Campo del Cielo meteorite and NWA 5000 lunar dust behind a Swarovski crystal
• Chains: Two cable-style strands joined by a spring clasp
• Length 16-18 in: Top chain 16 in (about 40 cm), bottom chain 18 in (about 46 cm)
• Length 18-20 in: Top chain 18 in (about 46 cm), bottom chain 20 in (about 51 cm)
• Includes: Decorative box and an information card that serves as the certificate of authenticity, found under the padded lining

The Moon Stone: NWA 5000

The NWA 5000 lunar dust comes from a stone found in southern Morocco in 2007. It is among the largest single-piece lunar meteorites, at about 11.5 kg. Its feldspar-rich rock points to the pale lunar highlands.

Highland rock forms when large bodies of magma cool slowly inside the crust. The dark lunar seas are different, being basalt from ancient volcanic floods.

The Iron Stone: Campo del Cielo

Each Campo del Cielo meteorite comes from a field of craters in Chaco Province, northwest Argentina. Radiocarbon dating of charred tree stumps puts the impact near 2500 BCE.

Local people called the place Piguem Nonralta, which became Campo del Cielo, or Field of Heaven. Gonzalo de Abreu y Figueroa recorded the name in 1576. The Spanish were then seeking the source of iron in native weapons. Studies classify it as an IAB iron, with a main mass roughly 4.4 to 4.5 billion years old.

You can find more meteorite jewelry and space-born pieces in our Natural History Collection.

Wearing Your Lunar Meteorite Necklace

The Campo del Cielo meteorite is a nickel-iron alloy. It is sealed but can rust if the coating wears. Keep this meteorite jewelry dry and away from bleach, chlorine, and acids. Remove it for swimming or showering. The stone contains nickel, which may bother skin that is sensitive to nickel.

About Lunar Meteorites

Lunar meteorites are Moon rocks thrown free by impacts that later fell to Earth. NWA stands for Northwest Africa, the name given to many desert finds. Wearing NWA 5000 lunar dust lets you hold a piece of the Moon. A lunar meteorite necklace like this is a rare way to do it. Few meteorite jewelry designs pair two origins so clearly.

For More Reading from the Web

• Read the catalog entry for this lunar stone. Lunar Meteorite: Northwest Africa 5000 - Washington University in St. Louis
• Trace the impact field in Argentina. Campo del Cielo - Wikipedia