Lot 802
Complete Carbonaceous Meteorite with Stardust. Carbonaceous meteorites are scarce stony meteorites that contain chondrites (spherical shaped minerals that formed from the cloud of dust that formed our solar system. They are friable and break up easily in the upper atmosphere and are always small in size. Carbonaceous meteorites are high in carbon and contain some water in compounds and organic compounds including amino acids which are the building blocks of life. Just recently, nucleobases which are small molecules found in DNA and RNA have been found in pristine Antarctica carbonaceous meteorites. Some of the necleobases found are very rare in Earth biology.
NWA 4502 a CV3 carbonaceous meteorite was found in the Sahara desert of Morocco. It is a complete 3¾ x 2½ x 1" 326 gram black meteorite with 100 per cent fusion crust with many multi colored chondrites as well as several white Calcium Aluminum inclusions visible all over its surface. CAI's are thought to be the very first compounds that solidified out of the gases of the SuperNova that preceded the formation of our Solar System, real stardust. These CAI's are therefore older than any other materials such as the other chondrites that formed and made up the asteroids and planets in our Solar System. Estimated Value $600 - 800
|
| |
| Realized $528 |
