Lot 1231
Whole 3 Pound Stony Meteorite From The Sahara Desert. This complete, intact stony meteorite is 5 ½" x 4" x 2 ½" and weights a hefty 1,418 gms. It was recovered from the Sahara desert of Morocco and it is in surprisingly pristine condition with 100% of its all-important fusion crust still intact. The dark brown fusion crust forms when the meteorite has its short, violent trip through the earth’s atmosphere. This fusion crust is very thin and quickly erodes away in most environments, but the Sahara desert preserves this delicate fusion crust. Such a pristine meteorite gives us a lot of information about its descent. One side is smooth with regmaglypt indentations and the other sides are rough from the tremendous explosion that occurred several miles up in the atmosphere, breaking the much-larger meteorite into smaller pieces. This whole meteorite is an unclassified stony and would have to be cut up to determine which class of stony meteorite into which it falls. Add $15 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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