ID 491278
Лот 68 | PARTIAL SLICE OF INDONESIA’S DJATI-PENGILON METEORITE
Оценочная стоимость
$ 3 000 – 4 000
Following the typically attendant sonic phenomena, at 4:30 in the afternoon on March 19, 1884 witnesses saw a rock drop from the sky into the Alastoeva River from where it was quickly recovered. It was not easy — the single stone weighed 166 kilograms, which makes Djati-Pengilon the most massive H6 meteorite on record.
With a pearly luster, cool ebony matrix and endless tiny grains of iron-nickel, this is a fine partial slice with one edge of fusion crust. An ethereal thread of iron-nickel winds through this shark fin-shaped partial slice.
It is nearly unthinkable to be able to acquire a specimen of a museum centerpiece — let alone a meteorite that fell into a body of water — and Djati-Pengilon, featuring both of these attributes, is the sole exception.
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.
157 x 155 x 4mm (6 x 6 x 0.1 in.) and 327.1g (0.75 lbs)
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