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GIBEON METEORITE
Lot 29A

GIBEON METEORITE

GREAT NAMAQUALAND, NAMIBIA

Fermé24 April 2013

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GBP 1,000

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GIBEON METEORITE
GREAT NAMAQUALAND, NAMIBIA
surface treated to prevent corrosion, one side sliced and etched to show Widmanstätten pattern.
4¾in. (12cm.) wide

Note du spécialiste

Discovered in 1836 by James Edward Alexander (1803-85), a specimen of the Gibeon meteorite was sent to London, where it was confirmed as a meteorite by the astronomer John Herschel (1792-1871). Later research has determined the fall date to have been between 5,000 and 30,000 years ago.