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LOT 2924
NWA 978 Rumuruti R3.8 Cut and Polished Chondrite Meteorite
1 in. (9.76 grams, 23 mm).
With one cut and polished face; rare. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Erfoud, Morocco/Algeria, North West Africa in 2001.
Ex Michael Farmer Meteorites, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by a Michael Farmer dealer card and supplied in a Swiss membrane box.
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LOT 2924
NWA 978 Rumuruti R3.8 Cut and Polished Chondrite Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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A cylindrical box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite sp. specimen. 327 grams, 68 mm wide
From Morocco, North Africa. 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.
