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LOT 2855
Natural History - Brachinite NWA 3151 Meteorite Slice
FOUND 2005 A.D.
4 x 4 in. (13 grams, 64 mm (78.9 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)).
A cut slice of brachinite, recorded as: Northwest Africa 3151; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'NWA 3151' to one side. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Sahara, N.W. Africa.
Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
The total known weight of the meteorite is 1500 grams in a single oriented stone with a translucent honey brown crust, and it measured 115 mm x 130 mm x 85 mm prior to cutting.
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