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LOT 2538
Natural History - Angrite NWA 2999 Meteorite Slice
FOUND 2004 A.D.
3/4 in. (3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.) (1.73 grams, 20 mm (28.4 grams total, 84 x 59 mm including case)).
An irregular section of angrite meteorite recorded as: Northwest Africa 2999; displayed in a Swiss membrane box and with an inked 'NWA 2999' to one side. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Sahara Desert, North West Africa.
Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
This specimen fragment formed part of a group of twelve individual dark brown stones totalling 392 grams, each with a thin fusion crust, that were acquired by G. Hupé in August 2004 in Tagounite.
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