Lot 59
Zag
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£600
Description
Fusion crusted polished end piece
Dimensions
220g, 6.3 x 4.6 x 3.8cm
Footnote
Zag (Morocco) H3-6 regolith breccia (stone) - fell 4th/5th March 1998
After a huge fireball and loud explosions that were seen and heard for hundreds of miles, this meteorite fell to Earth in Morocco during early March 1998. Zag has since been given the rather rare and unusual classification of an H3-6 regolith breccia. There may be more to the classification yet to come, as blue halite salt crystals have since been found in the H3 regions of some pieces, containing extraterrestrial liquid water. Zag is only the second known meteorite ever to feature this.