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LOT 3029
Gebel Kamil Meteorite Specimen
FOUND 2009 A.D.
5/8 in. (50 grams total including case, 17 mm).
A nickel-rich iron ataxite meteorite specimen, supplied in a display box with an information label. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
FootnotesThe Gebel Kamil meteorite fell in southwestern Egypt around 5000 years ago, creating the 45-meter-wide Kamil Crater.
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LOT 3029
Gebel Kamil Meteorite Specimen
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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