ID 716408
Lot 23 | ALLENDE COMPLETE SLICE — OLDEST MATTER HUMANKIND CAN TOUCH
Valeur estimée
$ 600 – 900
Allende fell to Earth on February 8, 1969 at 1:05 AM near Chihuahua, Mexico. Several new minerals have been discovered in Allende including the titanium oxide panguite named after the ancient Chinese god Pan Gu, the creator of the world who separated yin from yang, the earth from the sky.
This complete slice of Allende is wrapped in an edge of fusion crust which formed during its fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. The charcoal-hued matrix is filled with a galaxy of inclusions including CAIs — the oldest matter we can touch. Modern cutting.
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 81 x 3mm (3.5 x 3 x 0.1 in.) and 34.43 grams
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