ID 737530
Los 41 | A SCULPTURAL GIBEON IRON METEORITE
Schätzwert
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Like most iron meteorites, Gibeon meteorites formed 4.5 billion years ago within the molten core of an asteroid whose shattered remains are part of the asteroid belt. An impact event ejected what was to become the Gibeon mass into interplanetary space. Gibeon meteorites are the bounty bestowed to Earth thousands of years ago when the wandering iron mass slammed into the atmosphere before exploding and raining down in what is now the Kalahari Desert in Namibia. In previous generations, indigenous tribesmen recovered small meteorite fragments at or near the surface and fashioned them into spear points and other tools.
Originating from the core of an asteroid and shaped by forces both terrestrial and extraterrestrial, this deceptively massive piece from interplanetary space is the quintessence of an iron meteorite.
Christie's would like to thank Dr. Alan E. Rubin at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles for his assistance in preparing this catalogue.
400 mm x 230 mm x 160 mm (153/4 x 9 x 61/3 in.)
34.8kg.
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