LARGE COMPLETE SLICE NWA 5974 STONE METEORITE

Verkauft
£ 1 134
AuktionsdatumClassic
06.04.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Veranstaltungsort
Vereinigtes Königreich, London
Archiv
Die Auktion ist abgeschlossen. Es können keine Gebote mehr abgegeben werden.
Archive
ID 737543
Los 54 | LARGE COMPLETE SLICE NWA 5974 STONE METEORITE
A visually impactful slice from one specimen of a large (26 kilogram) stone meteorite found in the Sahara. A galaxy of nickel-iron grains is suspended in the dark matrix. The perimeter is edged in the fusion crust that resulted from the meteorite's blazing descent through Earth’s atmosphere.

Following the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society, NWA 5974 is the 5,974th rock recovered in the Northwest African grid of the Sahara Desert to be analyzed and classified. Michael Farmer states of this meteorite: “It is one of my favorite common chondrites. Flawless, no fractures. Zero weathering. Extremely high metal. Mesmerizing to look at, imagining that the metal flecks are millions of stars set in a blue-black deep space background."

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.
260 mm x 155 mm x 5 mm (101/4 x 61/8 x 1/4 in.)
542g.
Adresse der Versteigerung CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
Vereinigtes Königreich
Vorschau
23.03.2022 – 06.04.2022
Telefon +44 (0)20 7839 9060
E-Mail
Aufgeld see on Website
NutzungsbedingungenNutzungsbedingungen

Verwandte Begriffe