- Auction
16596
Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites
7 February 2018 - 14 February 2018, New York
SALE TOTAL: 721,750 (USD)
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35 Lots for Sale 16596
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Lot 1 IMILAC PALLASITE PARTIAL SLICE — THE MOST... Stony Iron. Pallasite (PAL) Atacama Desert, Chile 60 x 60 x 4mm. (2 1/3 x 2 1/3 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $5,250 |
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Lot 2 CAMPO DEL CIELO METEORITE — AESTHETIC OTHERWORLDLY... Iron coarse octahedrite – IAB-MG Gran Chaco, Argentina 134 x 72 x 41mm. (5¼ x 2¾ x 1 2/3in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 3 IMILAC PALLASITE PARTIAL SLICE — THE MOST BEAUTIFUL... Stony Iron. Pallasite (PAL) Atacama Desert, Chile 137 x 229 x 3mm. (5 1/3 x 9 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 4 MUONIONALUSTA METEORITE CUBE — CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE... Iron, fine octahedrite Kiruna, Sweden 84 x 84 x 84mm. (3 1/3 x 3 1/3 x 3 1/3in.) |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $10,000 |
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Lot 5 DRONINO METEORITE — NATURAL TABLETOP SCULPTURE FROM OUTER SPACE Iron, ataxite (ungrouped) Ryazan district, Russia 152 x 137 x 71mm. (6 x 5 1/3 x 2¾in.) |
estimate $6,000 - $10,000 price realized $9,375 |
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Lot 6 DRONINO METEORITE WITH CUT AND POLISHED FACE Iron, ataxite (ungrouped) Ryazan district, Russia 137 x 39 x 51mm. (5 1/3 x 1½ x 2in.) |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 7 COMPLETE CAMPO DEL CIELO METEORITE WITH NATURAL FORMED HOLE Iron coarse octahedrite– IAB-MG Gran Chaco, Argentina 94 x 101 x 69mm. (3¾ x 4 x 2¾in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $6,000 |
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Lot 8 EXOTIC DRONINO METEORITE — EXTRATERRESTRIAL MONOLITHIC SCULPTURE Iron, ataxite (ungrouped) Ryazan district, Russia 303 x 129 x 111mm. (12 x 5 x 4 1/3in.) |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $81,250 |
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Lot 9 AESTHETIC CAMPO DEL CIELO IRON METEORITE — TABLETOP SCULPTURE... Iron coarse octahedrite – IAB-MG Gran Chaco, Argentina 171 x 189 x 118mm. (6¾ x 7½ x 4 2/3in.) |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $16,250 |
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Lot 10 SLICE OF A GIBEON METEORITE — AN OTHERWORLDLY MOSAIC Iron, fine octahedrite – IVA Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia 187 x 104 x 3mm. (7 1/3 x 4 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $500 - $800 price realized $2,750 |
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Lot 11 COMPLETE SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE WITH CRYSTALLINE CLEAVAGE Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 54 x 98 x 52mm. (2 x 3¾ x 2in.) |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $15,000 |
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Lot 12 SEYMCHAN METEORITE SPHERE — AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRYSTAL BALL... Pallasite – PMG Magadan District, Russia 53 x 53 x 53mm. (2 x 2 x 2in.) |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $13,750 |
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Lot 13 ORIENTED SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 19 x 11 x 6mm. (¾ x ½ x ¼in.) |
estimate $600 - $900 price realized $1,375 |
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Lot 14 SIKHOTE ALIN METEORITE WITH NATURALLY FORMED HOLE Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 88 x 163 x 119mm. (3½ x 6 1/3 x 4 2/3in.) |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 price realized $43,750 |
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Lot 15 SIKHOTE ALIN — FROM THE LARGEST METEORITE SHOWER IN HUMAN... Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 137 x 154 x 58mm. (5 1/3 x 6 x 2¼in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $6,000 |
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Lot 16 COMPLETE SLICE OF NWA 10244 — WHEN ASTEROIDS COLLIDE... Chondrite – LL5 melt breccia Sahara Desert, Northwest Africa 71 x 95 x 3mm. (2¾ x 3¾ x 1/8in.) |
estimate $500 - $800 price realized $875 |
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Lot 17 LARGE DECORATIVE STONE METEORITE NWA 11584 Chondrite – L5 Sahara Desert, North West Africa 409 x 334 x 243mm. (16 x 13 x 9½in.) |
estimate $25,000 - $40,000 price realized $18,750 |
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Lot 18 AESTHEIC GIBEON METEORITE WITH TWO SCOOPS — NATURAL SCULPTURE... Iron, fine octahedrite Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia 253 x 148 x 87mm. (10 x 5¾ x 3½in.) |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $32,500 |
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Lot 19 MOUNT DOOLING METEORITE SLICE — EXOTIC AUSTRALIAN IRON... Iron Meteorite — 1C North Yilgarn, Western Australia 280 x 169 x 4mm. (11 x 6 2/3 x ¼in.) |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $6,000 |
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Lot 20 LARGE SEYMCHAN SPHERE — AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRYSTAL BALL Pallasite – PMG Magadan District, Russia 59 x 59 x 59mm. (2 1/3 x 2 1/3 x 2 1/3in.) |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 price realized $16,250 |
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Lot 21 LARGE MUONIONALUSTA METEORITE CUBE — CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF... Iron, fine octahedrite Kiruna, Sweden 116 x 116 x 116mm. (4½ x 4½ x 4½in.) |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $22,500 |
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Lot 22 COMPLETE SLIDE OF IMILAC METEORITE — EXTRATERRESTRIAL PERIDOT... Stony Iron. Pallasite (PAL) Atacama Desert, Chile 165 x 139 x 3mm. (6½ x 5½ x 1/8in.) |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $11,250 |
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Lot 23 L’AIGLE METEORITE — HISTORIC METEORITE FALL L6 Normandy, France Specimen: 15 x 16 x 15mm. ( 2/3 x 2/3 x 2/3in.) Vial: 44 x 22 x 22mm. (1¾ x ¾ x ¾in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $2,500 |
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Lot 24 COMPLETE SLICE OF THE SINGULAR GUJBA METEORITE Achondrite – bencubbinite Yobe, Nigeria 169 x 131 x 3mm. (6 2/3 x 5 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $15,000 - $20,000 price realized $15,000 |
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Lot 26 BIKOLITE TEKTITES — WHEN HEAVEN AND EARTH... Impact Glass Luzon, Philippines 64 x 64 x 54mm. (2½ x 2½ x 2¼in.) |
estimate $800 - $1,200 price realized $9,375 |
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Lot 27 NWA 11616 MOON ROCK — UNUSUAL POLYMICT BRECCIA WITH TWO... Moon – Lunar polymict breccia Sahara Desert, Algeria 144 x 77 x 2mm. (5 2/3 x 3 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 price realized $22,500 |
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Lot 28 COMPLETE SLICE OF ADMIRE PALLASITE Pallasite — PMG Lyon County, Kansas 204 x 276 x 3mm. (8 x 11 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $6,000 - $10,000 price realized $6,875 |
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Lot 29 PERFECTLY ORIENTED METEORITE NWA 11480 H6 Sahara Desert, North West Africa 82 x 68 x 21mm. (3¼ x 2 2/3 x ¾in.) |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 30 LARGE PARTIAL SLICE OF ESQUEL PALLASITE — EXTRATERRESTRIAL... Pallasite – PAL Chubut, Argentina 260 x 238 x 5mm. (10¼ x 9 1/3 x ¼in.) |
estimate $25,000 - $35,000 price realized $25,000 |
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Lot 33 COMPLETE SLICE OF THE TIMBUKTU METEORITE Mesosiderite — B4 Timbuktu, Mali (16°47’23”N, 3°0’15” W) 107 x 154 x 4mm. (4¼ x 6 x 1/8in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $3,250 |
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Lot 34 NWA 8656 — A PORTION OF THE PLANET MARS CONTAINING MARTIAN... Mars Rock – SNC Diabasic Shergottite Sahara Desert, North 63 x 49 x 47mm. (2½ x 2 x 1¾in.) |
estimate $30,000 - $50,000 price realized $47,500 |
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Lot 35 JUANCHENG — DEEP IMPACT PORTENDED THE DEATH OF DENG... H5 Shandong Province, China Complete Specimen: 41 x 31 x 20mm. (1½ x 1¼ x ¾in.) Complete Slice: 46 x 38 x 4mm. (1¾ x 1½ x 1/8in.) |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $1,875 |
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Lot 40 PLAINVIEW METEORITE END PIECE WITH H.H. NININGER PROVENANCE H5 Hale County, Texas 63 x 75 x 29mm. (2½ x 3 x 1in.) |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $1,625 |
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Lot 41 MATCHLESS CANYON DIABLO METEORITE — NATURAL SCULPTURE FROM OUTER SPACE ... Iron — Coarse octahedrite IAB-MG Meteor Crater, Coconino County, 344 x 203 x 184mm. (13½ x 8 x 7¼in.) |
estimate $150,000 - $250,000 price realized $237,500 |
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Lot 44 IMPACTITE — WHEN ASTEROIDS AND EARTH COLLIDE Popigai, Sibera Gardnos, Norway Nördlingen, Germany Popigai Impactite: 106 x 119 x 35mm. (4 x 4 2/3 x 1¼ in.) Nördlinger-Ries Impactite: 94 x 144 x 42mm. (3¾ x 5 2/3 x 1 2/3in.) Gardnos Impactite: 157 x 73 x 15mm. (6 x 2¾ x ½in.) |
estimate $500 - $800 price realized $625 |
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