Lot 8
CROSS SECTION OF A PALLASITE METEORITE
SEYMCHAN, SIBERIA, C. 4.5 BILLION YEARS B.P.
Auction: 8 June 2022 at 14:00 BST
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,000
Description
the slice with olivine crystals suspended within the metal matrix and etching
Dimensions
7.8cm tall
Footnote
Note:
The meteorite that produced this sculpture was formed in the Asteroid Belt around the same time as the birth of our Solar System. It consists of both metal and olivine minerals, the remant materials of planet forming collisions occuring during this formative period.