Lahmada 046 lunar meteorite, found inOctober 2018 in the Seguia el-Hamra region of Western Sahara, 3.7x4.9 cm, weight 37.3g, presented in a clamp stand

Note: After official analysis (publishedin Meteoritical Bulletin No. 108 in 2019), Lahmada 046 is classified as a "Lunarmeteorite feldspathic breccia". This qualification is based on comparisonsof this meteorite with the lunar rocks collected during the Apollo missions. A "Breccia" is a meteoritecomposed of multiple agglomerated fragments.

A lunar meteorite is a rock ejected fromthe lunar surface by the impact of a celestial object. It is pulled by gravityand eventually falls down to Earth.

Lunar meteorites are the only sources oflunar rocks available for private collections.

The geological samples brought back bythe Apollo lunar missions are the property of the American government. Three small samples collected during theSoviet Luna 16 mission were auctioned in 1993 for $ 442,500 USD.