COMPLETE SLICE OF THE ADMIRE PALLASITE

Lot 40
25.05.2021 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 13 750
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 543583
Lot 40 | COMPLETE SLICE OF THE ADMIRE PALLASITE
Estimate value
£ 4 500 – 6 000
Large and more granular extraterrestrial olivine and peridot are suspended in a highly-polished iron-nickel matrix originating from an asteroid’s core. This complete slice of an Admire meteorite is delimited by the meteorite’s external surface. The larger angular crystals in this specimen are a select example of Admire’s crystalline olivine signature. Modern cutting.
7 x 43/4 x 1/10in. (18 x 12 x 0.2cm.)
251g.
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