ID 716429
Лот 44 | TALAMPAYA — PARTIAL SLICE OF RARE PATAGONIAN EUCRITE
Оценочная стоимость
$ 1 200 – 1 800
On November 10, 1997, A newspaper headline declared “New York City Marathon Results in Rare Meteorite Recovery.” The American Museum of Natural History confirmed that a rock with a glossy, burnt-sugar glaze that had been conveyed to New York by an Argentine marathoner prior to competing in the New York City Marathon was a stunningly beautiful example of a rare eucritic meteorite. The marathoner, a mineral and meteorite dealer, acquired the meteorite from the mountain climber. Unlike most meteorites, eucrites have a known return address — they originate from the asteroid Vesta (a view of which can be seen in image 2, not part of the lot, image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCAL/MPS/DLR/IDA). Of the 1600 eucritic meteorites known as of January 2022, only 40 are witnessed falls and only seven of those are cumulate eucrites. The total known weight of Talampaya is only 1,400 grams and the main mass is on display at New York’s American Museum of Natural History, the result of an exchange with the Macovich Collection. With 80% fusion crust on its rimmed exterior surface, this is a rare offering of a partial slice of the fabled Talampaya meteorite.
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.
51 x 45 x 2mm (2 x 1.75 x 0.1 in.) and 16.47g (82 carats)
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