Lot 1648
Axatite Iron-Nickel Dronino Meteorite. Originally found by a mushroom hunter in July 2000 near the village of Dronino, in Russia's Ryazan district, Dronino is an example of a rare type of iron-nickel meteorite known as Ataxite that has so much nickel in it that there is no Widmanstatten pattern on it when it is cut and etched. This lot consists of two specimens. The first is a 6 pound complete meteorite, 7 x 5 x 1.5 inches. Like all the recovered specimens, it is weathered from being buried in the ground for hundreds or thousands of years. Droninos do not have well-defined regmaglypts like most iron-nickel meteorites. The second complete 4 x 2.75 inch slice weighing 180 grams has a shiny surface with no Widmanstatten patterns, even though it has been etched. What it does have are speckled areas of sulfide inclusions. Ataxites are quite rare and missing from most meteorite collections.
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Estimated Value $650 - 900.
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| Realized $575 |
