ID 927038 
Lot 47  | SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE — FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST METEORITE SHOWERS IN HUMAN HISTORY 
Valeur estimée
$ 3 000 – 5 000 
As evidenced by the regmaglypts (thumbprints) blanketing both sides of this mass, this specimen broke free in the mesosphere, providing sufficient time to experience frictional heating with the atmosphere to form the regmaglypts carved into the specimen. There is a thin veneer of fusion crust and chrome highlights along the ridges. Cleavage along crystalline planes is evident — a testament to the monumental forces exerted on this meteorite as it punched through Earth’s atmosphere as part of an extraordinary event, one of the greatest meteorite showers since the dawn of civilization. Accompanied by a magnetic armature which permits any orientation of this meteorite desired.
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.
98 x 73 x 64mm (3.75 x 3 x 2.5 in.) and 569 grams (1.25 lbs)
| Style artistique: | Esthétisme | 
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| Catégorie: | Météorite | 
| Style artistique: | Esthétisme | 
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| Catégorie: | Météorite | 
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