Lot 3
A METEORITE SCULPTED BY ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY
FORMED CIRCA 4.56 BILLION YEARS B.P.
Ancient, African & Oceanic Art and Natural History
Auction: 08 July 2026 at 14:00 BST
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Description
H5 chondrite, retaining a deep black fusion crust, with pronounced regmaglypts and sculptural form
Dimensions
11.6cm wide, 791g
Provenance
Recovered in Erfoud, Morocco, in 2001; subsequently part of the Robert Elliot Meteorite Collection, United Kingdom.
Footnote
The present specimen bears the marks of its passage through the Earth's atmosphere, with a deep black fusion crust formed as its outer surface melted and rapidly cooled, and characteristic regmaglypts, the shallow, thumbprint-like depressions produced by the erosion of its surface during its fall.