ID 491285
Lot 75 | NWA 11057 — LARGE COMPLETE SLICE OF THE PLANET MARS WITH ENTRAPPED MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE
Valeur estimée
$ 30 000 – 50 000
Large inclusions of dark impact glass are scattered across this specimen’s seemingly flat homogenous gray matrix. Within many of the pockets of impact melt are vugs that contain Martian atmosphere. Veins of impact melt transect the specimen. The exterior rim contains bright highlights, the result of exposure terrestrial desert elements. 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.
The analysis of this meteorite was led by Dr. Anthony Irving, whose findings underwent peer review by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society. The analysis and classification was published in the 106th edition of the Meteoritical Bulletin — the official registry of meteorites.
117 x 135 x 4mm (4.66 x 5.33 x 0.1 in.) and 159.5g (0.33 lbs)
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