Lot 126
Shallowater
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£525
Description
Polished part slice
Dimensions
2.424g
Footnote
Shallowater (Lubbock County, Texas, USA) Aubrite (stone) - found July 1936
This rare aubrite was found in Lubbock County, Texas in July 1936 - a single stone weighing just 4.65kg forms the total known weight of this find. Shallowater has a crystallization age of 4,530,000,000 years, and a cosmic ray exposure age of 26,800,000 years, making this meteorite one of our more elderly visitors.