ID 927052
Лот 61 | GLORIETA MOUNTAIN PALLASITE — SPICULAR METEORITE FOUND BY METEORITE LEGEND STEVE SCHONER
Оценочная стоимость
$ 10 000 – 15 000
Schoner — a multi-discipline savant perhaps best known for having saved the only Apollo mission planning maps known to exist when Dr. Eugene Shoemaker inquired after a successful lunar landing “Who wants these before I throw them out?!” — found the specimen now offered in the run-up to locating the 20-kg mass. By determining the density of this specimen (the weight divided by volume as determined by water displacement) it has been determined the mass now offered is olivine poor. As a result of being largely flat on both sides, it’s evident this meteorite split along crystalline planes prior to having struck Earth as scores of tiny thumbprints — an aerodynamic artifact of plunging through Earth’s atmosphere at temperatures in excess of 3000° F are much in evidence. Draped in a warm ochre patina that echoes the New Mexican landscape and accompanied by a custom armature, now offered is a superb example of a legendary American meteorite found by a legendary meteorite hunter.
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.
168 x 102 x 22mm (6.66 x 4 x 1 in.) and 1037.9 grams (2.25 lbs)
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