Lot 3
A FRAGMENT OF THE METEORITE THAT CONTAINS EXTRATERRESTRIAL WATER
CHONDRITE, H3-6, FELL ZAG, WESTERN SAHARA, AUGUST 4TH 1998
Auction: 28 May 2026 from 13:00 BST
Description
H3-6 regolith breccia, a sculptural, oriented specimen with fusion crust and impact scarring
Dimensions
1325g, 16.4cm diameter
Provenance
Robert Elliot, United Kingdom
Footnote
After a dramatic fireball and powerful explosions seen and heard across hundreds of miles, this meteorite fell to Earth in Morocco in early March 1998. Known as Zag, it is a striking brecciated H3-6 regolith chondrite, valued for its complexity and rarity. Notably, blue halite (salt) crystals discovered within its H3 regions have been found to contain traces of extraterrestrial liquid water, placing Zag among only a handful of meteorites known to preserve this remarkable feature.