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LOT 2511
Meteorite Oxide Specimen
3/4 in. (5.27 grams, 20 mm).
An irregular specimen composed of 92% iron, 7% nickel and 1% of other minerals. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Northern Arizona, USA.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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