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A SEYMCHAN METEORITE CUBE

DISCOVERED IN RUSSIA, 1967; MODERN CUTTING

Price Realised GBP 5,000
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GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000
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A SEYMCHAN METEORITE CUBE

DISCOVERED IN RUSSIA, 1967; MODERN CUTTING

Price Realised GBP 5,000
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Price Realised GBP 5,000
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The cut surfaces revealing in three dimensions the internal Widmanstätten pattern and amber-hued olivine crystals
2 x 2 x 2in. (5 x 5 x 5cm.)

736g.
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Lot Essay

Less than 0.2% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance known. Pallasites are formed at the core-mantle boundary of an asteroid that underwent mixing of the molten metal of the core with stony olivine from the mantle. The result is striking—olivine crystals suspended in an iron-nickel matrix.

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