A Lunar Meteorite Slice (NWA 11303)

Circa 4.4 billion years ago

Width 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm).

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Recovered near Tindouf, Algeria, Spring 2017.

Published:

J. Gattacceca, et al., The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 107, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55, 2020, pp. 460–462.

Blasted from the surface of the moon by an asteroid impact, this alien stone travelled hundreds of thousands of miles before exploding into our atmosphere and falling to earth. It lay undisturbed, blasted by arid winds on the desert floor, before its discovery in Algeria.

One of the rarest substances on Earth, the dark grey stone with large white inclusions and a sand polish is beautifully weathered with a desert patina. A cut on one side reveals a fine grained matrix with diffused large whitish to black clasts.

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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A Lunar Meteorite Slice (NWA 11303)

Circa 4.4 billion years ago

Width 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm).

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Recovered near Tindouf, Algeria, Spring 2017.

Published:

J. Gattacceca, et al., The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 107, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55, 2020, pp. 460–462.

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