Lot 17
Arispe
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection Part II
Auction: 17 August 2011 at 15:00 BST
£2,625
Description
etched part slice
Dimensions
739g, 16.9 x 5.4cm
Footnote
Arispe (Arispe, Sonora, Mexico) IC (iron) - found 1896:
Several masses of this coarse octahedrite were found between 1896 and 1898, 15 and 25 miles from Arispe.
There are few visible inclusions apart from small areas of schreibersite but etching reveals the superb, large and clearly defined crystal boundaries of the Widmanstatten figures.
Provenance: Monnig Meteorite Collection, Texas Christian University