Lot 42
Bechar 001
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection Part II
Auction: 17 August 2011 at 15:00 BST
£1,000
Description
individual (reassembled)
Dimensions
14.5kg, 34.5 x 19 x 25cm
Footnote
Bechar 001 (Algeria) L5 (stone) - found August 1998:
This meteorite find is named Bechar 001 and classified as an L5 chondrite. The mass broke into large pieces and a few smaller fragments on impact - the three largest pieces fit together beautifully like a giant 3D jigsaw puzzle. This is the main mass (the largest surviving piece) of Bechar 001, exhibiting dark fusion crust and deep regmaglypts across its surface - evidence of the meteorite's fiery passage through our atmosphere at a phenomenal speed of perhaps 20 miles per second.