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Auction 21 May 2021 SCIENCES - CABINET OF CURIOSITY - MARINE - Paris

Bid on the lot list Euvrard & Fabre : 21 May 2021 - Vente le 21 Mai à 13h30Hôtel Drouot Salle 1 Expositions : Mercredi 19 et Jeudi 20 Mai 2021 de 11 à 18 heures Vendredi 21 Mai 2021 de 11 à 12 heures Les lots volumineux ou fragiles resteront au magasinage de l'Hôtel Drouot afin de limiter au maximum les manipulations inutiles. ces lots seront a venir chercher à Drouot au plus vite après règlement de votre bordereau auprès de l'étude Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

SCIENCES - CABINET OF CURIOSITY - MARINE

Friday 21 May 2021 - 13:30 (CEST) - Live

Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Euvrard & Fabre

SCIENCES - CABINET OF CURIOSITY - MARINE

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Lot n° 1

Complete Allende meteorite 1,53...

Complete Allende meteorite 1,53 g., fallen in Mexico in 1969, famous and very studied by scientists because it contains inclusions which have the age of our solar system 4,57 billion years. It is covered by its fusion crust Dim. 8 x 9 x 10 mm approx...

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Lot n° 2

Complete Allende meteorite 11,24...

Complete Allende meteorite 11,24 g, fallen in Mexico in 1969, famous and very studied by the scientists because it contains inclusions which have the age of our solar system 4,57 billion years. Dim. 30 x 20 x 13 mm for 11,28 g

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Lot n° 3

Slice of the meteorite of Allende...

Slice of the meteorite of Allende fallen in Mexico in 1969, famous and very studied by the scientists because it contains inclusions which have the age of our solar system 4,57 billion years. Dim. 55 x 35 x 5 mm for 26,92 g

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Lot n° 4

Complete Chelyabinsk meteorite...

Complete Chelyabinsk meteorite of 31.20 g. fell in Russia on February 15, 2013 at 9:22 am. It measured 17 m in diameter with an estimated mass of 10,000 tons and appears as a fireball that fragments into thousands of small meteorites. Black fusion crust,...

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Lot n° 5

Small Chelyabinsk meteorite complete...

Small Chelyabinsk meteorite complete with commemorative mount. Fell in Russia on February 15, 2013 at 9:22 am. It was 17 m in diameter with an estimated mass of 10,000 tons and appears as a fireball that fragments into thousands of small meteorites. Black...

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Lot n° 6

Gao, a whole village frightened...

Gao, a whole village frightened by the fall of this meteorite. Meteorite of type chondrite H5 named GAO, fallen in March 1960 in Burkina Faso. One of the most prized meteorite falls, it is difficult to imagine a meteorite collection without a Gao meteorite....

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Lot n° 7

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Lot n° 8

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Lot n° 9

Ghadames meteorite that fell on...

Ghadames meteorite that fell on August 26, 2018 on Earth in the Ghadames region near the border in Libya. We can clearly distinguish white traces that show how this meteorite impacted the ground of our planet! It is covered by its very well preserved...

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Lot n° 10

Complete lunar meteorite as discovered...

Complete lunar meteorite as discovered in the Sahara desert with desert patina. This meteorite is an authentic fragment of the moon that fell to Earth thousands of years ago. A sample, visible with the cup, was carried out to proceed to the analyses of...

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Lot n° 11

Lunar meteorite, superb heel (Piece...

Lunar meteorite, superb heel (Piece presenting at the same time a cut surface and the natural surface, it is the most appreciated part of lunar meteorites). This meteorite is thus an authentic fragment of the moon, a lunar rock, ejected from its surface...

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Lot n° 12

Lunar meteorite slice, authentic...

Lunar meteorite slice, authentic lunar rock, ejected from its surface following an impact before falling to Earth thousands of years ago in the Sahara. A document with authentication analysis accompanies it Dim. 77 x 50 mm (height of the brass support...

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Lot n° 13

Eucrite-type meteorite covered...

Eucrite-type meteorite covered with a bright fusion crust on the main face and a partial secondary crust on the opposite face revealing the interior composed of several types of visible minerals. Discovered in the Sahara desert a few years ago. This type...

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Lot n° 14

Eucrite-type meteorite covered...

Eucrite-type meteorite covered with a bright fusion crust on the main face and a partial secondary crust on the opposite face revealing the interior composed of several types of visible minerals. Discovered in the Sahara desert a few years ago. This type...

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Lot n° 15

Whitecourt meteorite, named after...

Whitecourt meteorite, named after a small crater lost in the Canadian forest, a few dozen meters in diameter Dim. 25 x 20 x 20 mm for 33 g

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Lot n° 16

Météorite d'Orgueil is a very rare...

Météorite d'Orgueil is a very rare CI carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that crashed on May 14, 1864 in a field in the commune of Orgueil, south of the city of Montauban. Orgueil. It contains extraterrestrial amino acids (which are the building blocks...

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Lot n° 17

Sikhote Alin meteorite, the most...

Sikhote Alin meteorite, the most spectacular and important meteorite fall of the 20th century. Of elongated form it presents signs of orientation and a crust of fusion. Mounted in silver pendant Length 35 mm, Width 10 mm, total weight 9,90 g

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Lot n° 18

Sikhote Alin meteorite, the most...

Sikhote Alin meteorite, the most spectacular and important meteorite fall of the 20th century. Of elongated form it presents signs of orientation and a crust of fusion. Mounted in a silver pendant Length 35 mm, width 10 mm, total weight 10,90 g.

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Lot n° 19

Sikhote Alin meteorite, the most...

Sikhote Alin meteorite, the most spectacular and important meteorite fall of the 20th century. Of elongated form it presents signs of orientation and a crust of fusion. Mounted in silver pendant Length 35 m Width 12 mm, total weight 18,50 g

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Lot n° 20

Domeyko meteorite, considered one...

Domeyko meteorite, considered one of the most aesthetic of the siderites, discovered in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It has beautiful Widmanstätten structures with natural geometric patterns, as well as rare structures called Brezinae lamellae....

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Lot n° 21

Block of Seymchan pallasite discovered...

Block of Seymchan pallasite discovered in Russia of a very high quality for olivines and polishing. Aesthetic and by far the most prized of meteorites, they are also among the rarest. Formed in Space 4.5 billion years ago, the peridots are as if naturally...

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Lot n° 22

Very rare "Golden Pallasite" discovered...

Very rare "Golden Pallasite" discovered in 2018 by nomads in the Sahara desert. Sculpted naturally by the wind of sand during the thousands of years of their terrestrial stay, their gilded patina evoking the glare of gold will be worth this nickname of...

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Lot n° 23

Very rare "Golden Pallasite" discovered...

Very rare "Golden Pallasite" discovered in 2018 by nomads in the Sahara desert. Sculpted naturally by the wind of sand during the thousands of years of their terrestrial stay, their gilded patina evoking the glare of gold will be worth to them this nickname...

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Lot n° 24

Benenitra meteorite of chondrite...

Benenitra meteorite of chondrite type. The fall occurred at the time of the much awaited total lunar eclipse which was also visible in France. But it is in Madagascar, near a very small village that a real meteorite shower of various sizes occurred during...

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Lot n° 25

Meteorite showing a black fusion...

Meteorite showing a black fusion crust on 100% of its surface without any chips or fractures, which is very rare. This specimen, of typical shape with rounded corners, fell on August 26, 2018 on Earth in the region of Ghadames near the border in Libya Dim....

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Lot n° 26

Chondrite H meteorite discovered...

Chondrite H meteorite discovered in the Atacama desert. A cut on one end reveals the interior. It presents the typical desert patina, the black fusion crust became brown following the alteration during its long terrestrial stay that we can easily estimate...

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Lot n° 27

Chondrite H meteorite discovered...

Chondrite H meteorite discovered in the Atacama desert. A cut on one end reveals the interior. It presents the patina of the typical desert, the black fusion crust became brown following the alteration during its long terrestrial stay that we can easily...

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Lot n° 28

Chondrite H meteorite discovered...

Chondrite H meteorite discovered in the Atacama desert. A cut on one end reveals the interior. It presents the patina of the typical desert, the black fusion crust became brown following the alteration during its long terrestrial stay that we can easily...

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Lot n° 29

Achondrite-type meteorite, a particularly...

Achondrite-type meteorite, a particularly well-oriented eucrite with a bright fusion crust very well preserved in its shield form. Carved by our atmosphere, an oriented meteorite. Dim. 40 x 35 x 20 mm for 57,27 g This type of meteorite has been associated,...

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Lot n° 30

Human skull carved from a black...

Human skull carved from a black (metal-rich) meteorite known as Ghubara found in the Sultana of Oman. Note the natural position on the upper right incisor of a concentration of metal seeming to reveal a "silver" tooth. Ghubara is a Chondrite type meteorite...

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Lot n° 31

Official Martian meteorite, NWA...

Official Martian meteorite, NWA 4880, showing a fresh and bright fusion crust, with orientation marks, signs of its entry into our atmosphere. It is following a very large impact on the planet Mars that a Martian rock was ejected to fall on our planet...

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Lot n° 32

Siderite type meteorite from the...

Siderite type meteorite from the famous Meteor Crater. Very nice specimen, complete with its preserved discovery patina. This meteorite fell more than 50 000 years ago in the Arizona desert in the USA Dim. 140 x 115 x 80 mm for 4035 g

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Lot n° 33

A set of four prehistoric tools...

A set of four prehistoric tools cut from the famous Libyan glass for which scientists agree that these glassy blocks are the result of the impact of a giant meteorite more than 29 million years ago on the desert sand that was melted by the blast effect....

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Lot n° 34

Billitonites are among the most...

Billitonites are among the most sought-after tektites, and are strange and revered stones in their home region of Belitung Island, Indonesia. The first were found by tin miners exploiting alluvial cassiterite ores at a depth of 10 m or more below the...

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Lot n° 35

Lot of 11 tektites from the Atacama...

Lot of 11 tektites from the Atacama known as Atacamaites, drop-shaped, they are a recent discovery dating from a few years only. They are still the object of intense research. Some scientists consider them as impact glass (of meteorite origin) others...

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Lot n° 36

This red sand, rich in iron, is...

This red sand, rich in iron, is chemically identical to that analyzed on Mars. It was used by NASA for its properties very similar to the sands analyzed on the planet Mars. Each is presented in a glass vial and accompanied by an analysis document. The...

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Lot n° 37

The Martian meteorite "Zagami",...

The Martian meteorite "Zagami", which fell in Nigeria on October 3, 1962, is the first meteorite whose Martian origin has been confirmed. The object of much research, it is also difficult to imagine a meteorite collection without a piece of Zagami. This...

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Lot n° 38

Rochecouart, a giant meteorite...

Rochecouart, a giant meteorite crater in France. Superb shatter cone, from an old collection, showing the so-called percussion cones (also ponytail structure). These characteristic marks are the result of a mega meteorite impact (in the form of an asteroid)...

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Lot n° 39

The star of the pallasites, jewels...

The star of the pallasites, jewels of Space. Imilac is a superb pallasite. The Imilac pallasite discovered in the Atacama desert in the XIXth century in Chile (It is part, with the Esquel pallasite (Argentina) and the Seymchan pallasite (from Russia)...

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Lot n° 40

Amethyst crystals in an agate geode. Presentation...

Amethyst crystals in an agate geode. Presentation on a base. Total height 43cm - Width 28cm

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Lot n° 41

Quartz crystals called "sea bottom". Height...

Quartz crystals called "sea bottom". Height 17cm - Width 16cm

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Lot n° 42

Abstract presentation in triptych...

Abstract presentation in triptych for this set of Okenite from India. Total height 28 - Width 19 cm

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Lot n° 43

Rare pair of the same amethyst...

Rare pair of the same amethyst geode. This geode was cut in two in order to present its perfect crystallization of the cavity. It should be noted that it is particularly rare to have the 2 parts. 75kg and 77,5kg Height 118 and 120 cm - Width of each:...

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Lot n° 44

Twisted gogotte Height : 22 cm,...

Twisted gogotte Height : 22 cm, width 24 cm, thickness 13 cm The gogottes : They come from the pure sands of Fontainebleau. These sands were deposited in dune, coastal and deltaic environments during the lower Oligocene (33.9 to 28.1 million years...

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Lot n° 45

Round gogotte in the shape of a...

Round gogotte in the shape of a drop Height 18,5 cm, width 17 cm, thickness 13 cm The gogottes : They come from the pure sands of Fontainebleau. These sands were deposited in dune, coastal and deltaic environments during the lower Oligocene (33.9...

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Lot n° 45. 1

Gogotte of Fontainebleau Height...

Gogotte of Fontainebleau Height : 21 cm, Length : 12 cm, Width : 10 cm The gogottes : They come from the pure sands of Fontainebleau. These sands were deposited in dune, coastal and deltaic environments during the lower Oligocene (33.9 to 28.1 million...

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Lot n° 46

Synthetic ruby. Edmond Fremy (1814...

Synthetic ruby. Edmond Fremy (1814 - 1894) carried out the first experiments on the synthesis of ruby. From 1876 to 1891 he carried out numerous experiments published in a book in 1891 while working at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. According...

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Lot n° 47

J.Forest globe of small size with...

J.Forest globe of small size with turned and blackened wood stand. Some traces of wear. Around 1900 Height: 22.5 cm

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