Lot 1746
Premium Quality Set of All Three Types of Meteorites. There are three different types of meteorites and this remarkable lot has three specimens hand-selected by a meteorite collector to represent all three types with exceptional specimens: (1) Stony Meteorite Dhofa 316, a 2¾ x 2¼ in. polished and etched section weighing 61 gms, dark brown interspersed with light grey areas. This Ordinary Chondrite was found Dec. 21, 2001 in the Sahara desert of Oman. (2) Sikhote-Alin Iron-Nicket Meteorite, a 3 x 1 in. cut-and-polished section with original fusion crust all the way around the periphery. This famous meteorite fell on Feb. 12, 1947 above the Sikhote-Alin mountains of Siberia. (3) Brahin Pallasite, 1¾ x 1½ in. section weighing 21 gms from the rarest of all meteorites: the Pallasites. These are a mixture of iron-nickel and olivine originating from the core-mantle boundary of a blasted-apart large asteroid. Thir thinly-sliced superior specimen clearly shows the gem-stone quality of the green-yellow olivine when held up to a light. For domestic shipping, add $20.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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