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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A NATURAL HISTORY -

Lot 805 805 : found in 1911 on the Nullabor Plain in Western Australia, 21 grams, about 3x2cm. [One of the largest meteorites ever found with a of 22 tonnes, and a main mass (the single largest fragment) of 12.4 tonnes now housed in the Western Australian Museum] 100

Lot 806 806 : Nickel-iron IAB-MG, coarse , found in a near the city of Nantan, China in 1958, 115g, about 6x3x1.5cm. [There is evidence that the fall of the meteorite may have been observed in 1516; fragments were gathered for smelting in the 1950s; about 9500kg have been retrieved, the largest having a mass of 2000kg now housed in the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo] 120 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021

NATURAL HISTORY - Meteorites (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 807 807 SERICHO METEORITE: , found in Sericho, Kenya in 2017, beautiful small slice, 18g, 5x3cm. [According to the 'Meteoritical Bulletin', two brothers searching for their camels discovered this as several large dense stones; to date a total of about 2800kg has been recovered] 400

Lot 808 808 WOLFE CREEK SHALE BALL: Iron Oxide, from the Wolfe Creek meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, 356g, about 8x6x6cm. [The Wolfe Creek meteorite crater is one of the most 'obvious' meteorite craters on Earth with an average diameter of 875m, first spotted in an aerial survey in 1947. It is estimated that the meteorite that formed it was about 15m in diameter and had a mass of 17,000 tonnes. Small numbers of iron meteorites have been found in the vicinity of the crater, as well as so-called shale balls, rounded objects made of iron oxide. Shale balls are created by the slow weathering of the exterior of a meteorite] 1,000