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153.6 gram full slice. 69 x 129 x 3 mm.   Iron, ugrouped

TKW 6.31 kg. Fall not observed. Found April 2018 in Mali.


 

Darryl writes:

Years ago I was fascinated by ungrouped meteorites and paid a premium for the same. And then one day I realized the dollar value of ungrouped meteorites was declining; apparently there were simply too many of them — a notion that seemed incredibly strange to me.

I was especially interested in unpaired, ungrouped meteorites which are likely the sole samples of asteroids that no longer exist. (While meteorites never fail to evoke wonderment, that latter thought is a show-stopper.)

And then there is NWA 12767. As meteorites go, I think it's sublime. There is no other meteorite I know that looks remotely like this. It evokes notions of alien scrimshaw — which it sort of is. I purchased most of the mass and this slice is the best thus far encountered. In fact, I enjoy this specimen so much I realized I had to put it back into the world and on a public stage to celebrate a meteorite that takes my breath away — and to share with others the sense of marvel it elicits and the chance to acquire the same.

(Okay…Yes, I’m also betting that of the ten or so additional slices I’ll be able to pull, one might rival what is now Lot 18 in Christie’s Deep Impact Auction which ends tomorrow, Wednesday 23-FEB.


62 of the 66 lots have no reserve.       View the entire auction catalog