CANYON DIABLO METEORITE AND METEOR CRATER STUDY KIT

Лот 67
23.02.2021 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 22 500
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ID 491277
Лот 67 | CANYON DIABLO METEORITE AND METEOR CRATER STUDY KIT
Оценочная стоимость
$ 1 200 – 1 600
Canyon Diablo ("Canyon of the Devil") meteorites are the quintessential American meteorites, prized by museums and private collectors everywhere. Like most meteorites, this specimen originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Approximately 49,000 years ago it was part of an errant asteroid that plowed into the Arizona desert with the force of more than 100 atomic bombs. Fragments were ejected more than 11 miles away from the point of impact, and the main mass vaporized, creating the world's best-preserved meteorite crater. The renowned "Meteor Crater" near Winslow, Arizona is nearly one mile across and 600 feet deep.

At the turn of the 20th Century, businessman Daniel Barringer reasoned this crater had to have been created by an enormous mass weighing millions of tons; and he believed this mass, worth a fortune in nickel and iron, lay under the crater's base. After a massive investment spanning decades it was not found. Modern science informs that a meteorite far smaller than what Barringer believed existed would possess sufficient energy to blow a huge hole in the desert floor… as well as generate enough heat to vaporize most of its mass. In effect, the mass that Barringer spent the last part of his life searching for didn't exist — but this engaging example does, as does the crater, which has proven to be a boon to the Barringer family and is an international tourist attraction not to be missed.

This lot also includes a "Meteor Crater Study Kit". Published in 1969, this collectible includes a Canyon Diablo meteorite fragment, an oxidized meteorite fragment, meteoric spheroids and impactite — all collected from Meteor Crater — plus Dr. Harvey Nininger's 65-page handbook, "A Comet Strikes the Earth." Nininger is considered the Father of Meteoritics and opened the world's first meteorite museum, which was located on Highway 66 near Meteor Crater. Unfortunately, within a couple of years of opening in 1947, Interstate 40 also opened and there was substantially less reason to travel via the old highway. Nininger's loyal son-in-law, Glen Huss, another notable meteoriticist, was the Study Kit’s publisher.

This iron meteorite features a concavity with dimpling and a naturally formed hole. A flat, elevated ridge running along the right side has softened edges. The reverse is largely convex apart from a small depression surrounding the hole. These features are the result of exposure to the Arizona Desert elements for 49,000 years.

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.


49 x 72 x 35mm (2 x 2.75 x 1.33 in.) and 344.9g (0.75 lbs)
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