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LOT 2816

Natural History - Eucrite-Melt Breccia NWA 11576 Meteorite Slice

FOUND 2017 A.D.

1 1/2 in. (3 7/8 x 3 in.) (20 grams, 38 mm (76.3 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)).

A rare eucrite meteorite slice recorded as: Northwest Africa 11576; displayed in a Swiss membrane box, inked inscription ' NWA 11576' to one edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From North West Africa (Mali).
Ex SV-Meteorites, Prague.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.

Accompanied by an original identification card.

Footnotes

Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites thought to have originated from the surface of the giant asteroid (or minor planet) 4 Vesta. Vesta is the second largest body in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres. Like Earth, it has the differentiated layers of crust, mantle, and core common to rocky planets: this may mean that 4 Vesta is the remnant of a larger destroyed planet.

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LOT 2816

Natural History - Eucrite-Melt Breccia NWA 11576 Meteorite Slice

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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