Lot 61
Lazarev
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection Part II
Auction: 17 August 2011 at 15:00 BST
£938
Description
etched part slice
Dimensions
2.7g
Footnote
Lazarev (Humboldt Mountains, Antarctica) UNGR (iron) found 21st January 1961:
Two iron masses were found 3,000m above sea-level on a southern spur of the Humboldt Mountains, Antarctica, close to the fringe of the glacial sheet. The classification for this Antarctic iron is medium octahedrite, but it's been noted as 'anomalous' and considered a possible metal-rich pallasite. The terrestrial age of this iron, spent within the glacial sheet, is given as 5 million years.
Provenance: Dupont Collection, Planetary Studies Foundation, Illinois