Lot 83
Micro Meteorite Collection 1:
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
Description
Roosevelt County 102, polished part slice, 14.8g; St Peter, polished part slice, 12.3g; Tunguska bark, bark fragment; Hughes 003, fusion crusted polished end piece, 26g; Selma, polished part slice, 25.8g; Tenham, fusion crusted end piece, 21.5g; Waconda, fusion crusted polished part slice, 1.6g; Sahara 97095, cut part slice, 19.1g; Sierra Colorado, polished part slice, 16.6g; Ashmore, polished part slice, 9.2g (10)
Footnote
Micro Meteorite Collection 1
A selection of 10 small meteorites from various localities around the world, including: USA, Australia and the Sahara desert. Collection 1 also includes a section of tree bark recovered from within the blast area of the Tunguska event over Siberia, Russia. This catastrophic explosion occurred on 30th June 1908 and is considered to be the airburst of a large meteoroid or comet. The explosion, equivalent to around 15 megatons of TNT, felled 80 million trees over an area of 830 square miles.