Lot n° 353
Estimation :
1000 - 1200
EUR
Martian meteorite, officially classified... - Lot 353 - Euvrard & Fabre
Martian meteorite, officially classified as shergottite, listed under the name NWA 12269.
Thin slice, complete, a document with authentication analyses accompanies it. The slice is delivered with the brass holder.
Dimensions 45 x 40 mm (height of brass holder 140 mm) for 5.19 g.
It is following a very large impact on the planet Mars that a Martian rock was ejected to fall on our planet after a very long stay of several million years in Space. This Martian rock that fell in the Sahara Desert was identified and analysed and then officially declared as a Martian meteorite under the name North West Africa 12269.
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