Lot 4025* - A209 Out of This World - Monday, 17. June 2024, 04.00 PM
SLICE OF THE SERICHO PALLASITE
MB 106
Kenya, 2016
269.5 g
27.5 × 12 × 0.3 cm (measurements not including stand)
Kenya, 2016
269.5 g
27.5 × 12 × 0.3 cm (measurements not including stand)
Pallasites, a type of exotic meteorite, are known to be one of the most beautiful extra-terrestrial substances discovered to date. The silicate crystals are formed at the boundary of the stony mantle and molten iron core of an asteroid that shattered, following an impact with another asteroid. For this reason, pallasites are extremely rare. They represent less than 0.2% of all known meteorites.
The Sericho pallasite meteorite was officially ‘discovered’ in 2016 when some large masses were purchased from villagers in Isiolo County, Kenya. The meteorite, however, was known to the villagers long before that. The older villagers especially tell tales of the mysterious stones they found when they were children.
This magnificent specimen only truly comes alive when light hits the rounded, amber to olive green hued, olivine crystals suspended throughout the iron-nickel matrix, fully revealing their iridescent crystalline structure.
The Sericho pallasite meteorite was officially ‘discovered’ in 2016 when some large masses were purchased from villagers in Isiolo County, Kenya. The meteorite, however, was known to the villagers long before that. The older villagers especially tell tales of the mysterious stones they found when they were children.
This magnificent specimen only truly comes alive when light hits the rounded, amber to olive green hued, olivine crystals suspended throughout the iron-nickel matrix, fully revealing their iridescent crystalline structure.
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 7 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.