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Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. The meteorite was discovered in 1967 with these. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Seymchan is a pallasite meteorite found in the Magadan district, Russia, near the settlement of Seymchan. Lots are not available for collection at weekends. Description: A mass of 272.3kg was found in the bed of a stream flowing into the river Hekandue, a tributary of the Jasachnaja a. Type: Iron, IIE, Coarse Octahedrite bandwidth 2.0mm, with pallasite (main group) portions. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal.Īll collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Įmail: the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Seymchan IIE Iron/Pallasite Meteorites for Sale. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at /storage and our fees for storageĪre set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Rubin at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles for his assistance in preparing this catalogue.ġ60 mm x 150 mm x 150 mm (6 1⁄ 3 x 6 x 6 in.) This is an honor Pallas is most fortunate to have received, for he fervently believed until his dying days that the unusual specimen he found could not possibly be from outer spaceĬhristie's would like to thank Dr. The designation, pallasite, is in honor of the German scientist, Peter Pallas, who discovered the first pallasitic mass in 1749 in Siberia. Pallasites, with their combination of gleaming metal and translucent olivine crystals, are among the most rare and beautiful of all meteorites. Since that discovery in 1810, over 1000 kilograms of Brahin meteorites have been found. The Worlds Largest Pallasite Meteorite is a bonus attraction located in the gift shop of the. Only the second known meteorite found in the Russian empire. Add out-of-this-world Pallasite to your mineral/meteorite collection Pallasite is a rust-brown color with translucent yellow-green spots and white veining. A mesmerizing mosaic of sparkling olivine and peridot crystals are showcased. Now offered is a section cut from such a meteorite. Small-to-medium peridot crystals, often shattered into angular or shard-like shapes are often brown to emerald green but mostly amber in colour.īrahin is a pallasite, a stony-iron meteorite - the most uncommon class of meteorites (representing 0.2% of all meteorites) which are arguably the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance known. Chemically stabilized and was cut nearly 20 years ago.

Pallasite meteorite