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LOT 2796
Chelyabinsk Impact-Melt LL5 Chondrite Meteorite
FELL 09:22 ON 15 FEBRUARY 2013
1 1/4 in. (24 grams, 32 mm).
An uncut specimen of dark-colour displaying fusion crust. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Chelybinskaya oblast, Russia.
Ex Michael Farmer Meteorites, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Ex USA market.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by a Michael Farmer dealer card and a Swiss membrane box.
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