TimeLine Auctions

Auction 153  –  5 - 9 September 2023

TimeLine Auctions, Auction 153

Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities, Natural History & Coins

Part 1: Tu, 05.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 2: We, 06.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Th, 07.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 4: Fr, 08.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Sa, 09.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
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Description

Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D. An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison, ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.253, for details of this fall. 4.16 grams, 28 mm (1 1/8 in.).

Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion. [No Reserve]

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Price realized 75 GBP
Starting price 5 GBP
Estimate 60 GBP
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