Loading, please wait...
.JPG_900x900.jpg "Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust")
.JPG_200x200.jpg "Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust")
.JPG_900x900.jpg "Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust")
.JPG_200x200.jpg "Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust")
.JPG "Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust")
.JPG "Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust")
LOT 2798
Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust
FELL 16 OCTOBER 2003 A.D., 0200 HRS
4 x 4 in. (157 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including box).
An example of an ordinary chondrite H3-5 stone meteorite displayed in a Swiss membrane box with aluminium identification label; Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara.
Ex French collection.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Meteoritica dated 2 April 2009.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 2798
Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
-
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
From Carcharocles megalodon showing some serrations. 64 grams, 72 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Early Human Skull Replica
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Australopithecus Africanus cranium skull with hand-painted finish. 1.19 kg, 20.1 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Australopithecus africanus is an extinct South African species of australopithecine which lived circa 3.3-2.1 million years ago in the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene. Australopithecus, means ‘southern ape’. It is based on ‘australo’, a Latin word meaning ‘southern’ and ‘pithecus’, a Greek word meaning ‘ape’. The females grew to about 110 centimetres in height and males were slightly taller at about 135 centimetres. -
Natural History - Historic Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A specimen of pale blue opal, collection number 333. 258 grams, 59 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
