ID 927041 
Lot 50  | UNUSUAL GIBEON METEORITE FLANGE
Valeur estimée
$ 1 200 – 1 800 
Found at the edge of the Kahahari Desert in Namibia, this sinuously shaped meteorite is the result of having cleaved off a larger specimen after an extended period on Earth, and then after thousands of years, continued to slowly oxidize where curves and arches previously existing became accentuated.
If it had been recovered many generations ago, this fantastic little flange surely would have been fashioned by indigenous tribesmen into an implement or tool. It escaped such a fate and is instead a wondrous object. Think of it as driftwood, but metal that drifted from interplanetary space, slowly sculpted in the sea of Earth’s weather over millennia.
Weighing precisely 100 grams, this specimen is accompanied by a magnetic armature and can be oriented as 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.
80 x 19 x 29mm (3 x 0.75 x 1 in.) and 100.1 grams
| Style artistique: | Esthétisme | 
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| Catégorie: | Météorite | 
| Style artistique: | Esthétisme | 
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| Catégorie: | Météorite | 
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