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Lot 8239

Nantan Complete Slice

3 December 2006, 11:00 PST
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US$7,500 - US$8,500

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Nantan Complete Slice

Iron- Coarse Octahedrite, 111CD
Nantan, Guangxi Province, China

From the famous meteorite fall of Nantan in 1516, a complete slice from a large mass has been acid etched to reveal the coarse octahedrite crystalline structure defined as Widmanstatten patterning. Witnessed falls are rare; the exploding portions of The Nantan Meteorite were originally described by a Chinese witness to the event 482 years ago as …waving like snakes and dragons. They were as bright as lightning and disappeared in seconds. Measures 20 x 13 1/2 x 1/4in and weighs 7.86kg

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