SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE — FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST METEORITE SHOWERS IN HUMAN HISTORY
23.02.2022 00:00UTC +01:00
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20160USD $ 20 160
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ID 716422
Los 37 | SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE — FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST METEORITE SHOWERS IN HUMAN HISTORY
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$ 1 000 – 1 500
As evidenced by the regmaglypts (thumbprints) blanketing both sides of this mass, this meteorite was not part of the massive low-altitude explosion. Instead, this specimen broke free at a much higher altitude in the mesosphere, providing sufficient time to experience frictional heating with the atmosphere to form the regmaglypts carved into the specimen. Cleavage along crystalline planes is evident — a testament to the monumental forces exerted on this meteorite as it punched through Earth’s atmosphere as part of one of the greatest meteorite showers in modern times.
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.
88 x 62 x 29mm (3.5 x 2.5 x 1 in.) and 375.3g (0.75 lbs)
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