Lot 36

Gibeon ring

Auction: 14 October 2009 at 12:00 BST
£200
Description
gold plated wedding band
Dimensions
19mm diameter
Footnote
Gibeon Meteorite Jewellery (Namibian Desert, Africa) IVA (iron) - found 1836:
A selection of rings/wedding bands fashioned from the Gibeon iron meteorite.
These rings have been etched to reveal the Widmanstatten crystal structure unique to iron meteorites, and electroplated in gold.
