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Photo by Mark Mauthner / Christie's.
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1382 grams. Martian (shergottite)
TKW 18 kg. Observed fall October 3, 1962, in Zagami, Katsina Province, Nigeria.
Found at the green arrow on this map.
Darryl writes:
On October 3, 1962 near Zagami Rock, Nigeria, a farmer was nearly struck by a meteorite which had been ejected off the Martian surface following an asteroid impact. In 1996, in an announcement which made headlines throughout the world, minute amounts of gas were found trapped in Zagami's matrix which matched perfectly with the signature of the Martian atmosphere as determined by NASA's Viking landers. This is the main mass of Zagami. Weighing 1382 grams. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London; Kaduna Geological Survey, Nigeria; The Robert Haag Meteorite Collection.
The Zagami main mass is LOT 17 in Christie's first dedicated METEORITE AUCTION — Wed., April 20th in London
For more information on the auction
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John Divelbiss
4/4/2022 7:38:47 AM |
lots of good discussion/history/details with the April 4, 2016 MPOD posting for this piece. |
Anne Black
4/4/2022 2:20:43 AM |
This is a Classic. That Christie Auction was on April 20th, 2016!! almost 6 YEARS AGO. |
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