- Auction
15410
Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites
3 May 2017 - 10 May 2017, ECommerce
SALE TOTAL: 329,625 (USD)
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31 Lots for Sale 15410
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Lot 1 AESTHETIC GIBEON METEORITE Iron, fine octahedrite Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia 147 x 122 x 95mm (5¾ x 4¾ x 3¾in.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $5,250 |
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Lot 2 COMPLETE SLICE OF IMILAC METEORITE Stony Iron. Pallasite (PAL) Atacama Desert, Chile (24°12' S, 127 x 98 x 2mm (5 x 3¾ x 1/8in.) |
estimate $1,800 - $2,500 price realized $5,250 |
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Lot 3 A SCULPTURAL SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 63 x 46 x 28mm (2½ x 1¾ x 1in.) |
estimate $2,000 - $4,000 price realized $6,875 |
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Lot 4 SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE WITH NATURALLY-FORMED HOLE Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 85 x 49 x 25mm (3 1/3 x 2 x 1in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $9,375 |
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Lot 5 SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE WITH FUSION CRUST AND HOLE Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 91 x 93 x 44mm (3½ x 3 2/3 x 1¾in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 6 SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE CUT TO REVEAL EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR... Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 152 x 97 x 29mm (6 x 3¾ x 1 in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $8,125 |
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Lot 8 MUONIONALUSTA METEORITE CUBE Iron, fine octahedrite Kiruna, Sweden (67°48’ N, 23°6’ E) 74 x 74 x 74mm (3 x 3 x 3in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $15,000 |
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Lot 9 LARGE GIBEON METEORITE SLICE Iron, fine octahedrite Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia 287 x 221 x 5mm (11¼ x 8¾ x ¼in.) |
estimate $6,000 - $9,000 price realized $11,875 |
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Lot 10 DRONINO METEORITE WITH CUT EDGE Iron, ataxite (ungrouped) Ryazan district, Russia (54° 44' N, 147 x 31 x 38mm (5¾ x 1¼ x 1½in.) |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 11 A SEYMCHAN METEORITE SPHERE Pallasite – PMG Magadan District, Russia 54mm (2in.) in diameter |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 price realized $35,000 |
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Lot 12 ORIENTED IRON METEORITE Classification Unknown The Sahara Desert, 69 x 27 x 23mm (2¾ x 1 x 1in.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 13 A STONE METEORITE Classification Unknown The Sahara Desert 191 x 118 x 104mm (7½ x 4 2/3 x 4in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $6,875 |
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Lot 14 CAMPO DEL CIELO METEORITE Iron, Coarse Octahedrite – IAB-MG Gran Chaco, Argentina (27°28'S, 100 x 79 x 53mm (4 x 3 x 2in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $2,000 price realized $7,500 |
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Lot 15 HISTORIC NININGER RECOVERY OF COMPLETE CANYON DIABLO Iron — Coarse octahedrite IAB-MG Meteor Crater, 159 x 128 x 94mm (6¼ x 5 x 3¾in.) |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 price realized $16,250 |
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Lot 16 ORIENTED PRIMITIVE CHONDRITE NWA 11014 L3 Sahara Desert, North West Africa 113 x 104 x 37mm (4½ x 4 x 1½in.) |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $11,250 |
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Lot 17 SYLACAUGA METEORITE H4 Talladega County, Alabama (33°14’ N, 86°17’ W) 39 x 32 x 2 mm (½ x ¼ x 1/8 in.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $7,500 |
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Lot 20 LUNAR METEORITE NWA 10626 Lunar Meteorite — Feldspathic breccia Sahara Desert, 75 x 70 x 5mm (3 x 2¾ x 1/8in.) |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 price realized $16,250 |
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Lot 21 SANTA CATHARINA NODULE Ungrouped IAB Iron— Ataxite São Francisco 104 x 56 x 29mm (4 x 2¼ x 1in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $2,000 price realized $1,250 |
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Lot 22 GIBEON METEORITE CRYSTAL Iron, fine octahedrite Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia 57 x 32 x 18mm (2¼ x 1¼ x ¾in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $2,000 |
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Lot 24 MONOLITHIC SLAB OF ADMIRE METEORITE Pallasite — PMG Lyon County, Kansas 115 x 38 x 10mm (4½ x 1½ x 1/3in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 25 COMPLETE SLICE OF TIMBUKTU METEORITE Mesosiderite — B4 Timbuktu, Mali 149 x 100 x 3mm (6 x 4 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $5,625 |
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Lot 27 MOUNT DOOLING METEORITE Iron Meteorite — IC North Yilgarn, Western Australia (29°27' S, 265 x 151 x 3mm ( 11 x 6 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $7,500 |
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Lot 28 COMPLETE SLICE OF ADMIRE PALLASITE Pallasite — PMG Lyon County, Kansas 194 x 169 x 3mm (7 2/3 x 6 2/3 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 29 NWA 11215 A LARGE DECORATIVE METEORITE Chondrite — H5 (provisional) Sahara Desert / Morocco 271 x 257 x 185mm (10¾ x 10 x 7¼in.) |
estimate $12,500 - $20,000 price realized $27,500 |
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Lot 30 COMPLETE SLICE OF DAR EL KAHAL METEORITE H5-6 Gao, Mali (22°5’ 228 x 117 x 3mm (9 x 4 2/3 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $2,000 price realized $2,125 |
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Lot 33 MASSIVE TRANSITIONAL SEYMCHAN END PIECE Pallasite – PMG Magadan District, Russia 257 x 229 x119mm (10 x 9 x 4 2/3in.) |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $25,000 |
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Lot 35 COMPLETE SLICE OF THE ZAGORA METEORITE Iron, IAB with silicate inclusions Zagora, Ouarzazate, Morocco (30°22’ N, 5° 141 x 101 x 3mm (5½ x 4 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $4,375 |
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Lot 37 JEPARA PALLASITE FRAGMENT Stony Iron. Pallasite (PAL) Java, Indonesia (6°36' S, 110°44' E) 58 x 37 x 37mm (2¼ x 1½ x 1½in.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 40 SIX NOTEBOOKS ON METEORITES JAMES, R GREGORY AND OTHERS 196 x 160mm. (7¾ x 6¼in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 41 LARGE SPECIMEN OF ALLENDE Carbonaceous – CV3 Chihuahua, Mexico (26°58' N, 114 x 103 x 97mm (4½ x 4 x 3¾ in.) |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $37,500 |
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Lot 42 GROUP OF METEORITE CATALOGUES AND OFFPRINTS HENRY WARD AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1900 260 x 190mm. (10¼ x 7½in.) |
estimate $800 - $1,200 price realized $1,750 |
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