ID 491244
Lot 34 | DESERT GLASS FROM AN ASTEROID IMPACT ON EARTH
Valeur estimée
$ 800 – 1 500
The curves and ridges of this natural glass form evoke a piece of sculptural art glass. The dark wispy bands seen angling through the length of this specimen are extremely similar to other specimens with dark banding — which have been analyzed and whose bands match the chemical signature of a chondritic meteorite. In effect, the character of this object is the result of an asteroid having melted the Earth upon impact — and part of itself as well — before solidifying into the co-mingling of Earth and Space now seen.
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.
60 x 40 x 60mm (2.33 x 1.5 x 2.33 in.) and 92.8g
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