ID 927017
Lot 26 | CAPE YORK — PARTIAL SLICE OF A LEGENDARY METEORITE
Valeur estimée
$ 5 000 – 8 000
This is a superb aesthetic representation of this historic meteorite. This partial slice has two edges of the meteorite’s exterior surface and two cut perpendicular edges with a beautiful etch and a single well-placed armored troilite inclusion. In the words of meteorite expert Dr. Vagn Buchwald, “Probably no other meteorite has been so intimately connected with the life and fate of so many people as Cape York.” An image of this exact specimen was used to illustrate an article on the History of Meteoritics which appeared in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia. This is a select specimen of a historic meteorite with a distinguished provenance.
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.
135 x 159 x 3mm (5.33 x 6.25 x 0.1 in.) and 537.8 grams (1.2 lbs)
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