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Auction 25 May 2023 MINERALOGY, FOSSILS, METEORITES and NATURALIA - Paris

Bid on the lot list Copages Auction Paris : 25 May 2023 - <p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Cabinet de curiosité</strong></p><p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Minéralogie</strong></p><p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Fossiles</strong></p><p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Météorites</strong></p><p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Taxidermie</strong></p><p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Entomologie</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>VENTE</u></strong></p><p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Jeudi 25 Mai 2023 à 14h </strong></p><p>au 5 rue de Provence 75009 Paris</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>EXPOSITIONS :</u></strong></p><p>Du 22 au 24 mai de 11h à 18h</p><p>au 5 rue de Provence 75009 Paris</p> 5, rue de Provence - Paris

MINERALOGY, FOSSILS, METEORITES and NATURALIA

Thursday 25 May 2023 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live
5, rue de Provence - 75009 Paris
Copages Auction Paris
MINERALOGY, FOSSILS, METEORITES and NATURALIA
Results
Result
344 Results
Lot n° 1 

Mount Tazerzait Chondrite L5, fall...

Mount Tazerzait Chondrite L5, fall of August 21, 1991 near Tahova, Niger. A heel with a polished face. 10 x 5,5 cm Weight : 234gr Chondrules and metal well visible.

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Lot n° 2 

Gibeon Siderite octahedrite classified...

Gibeon Siderite octahedrite classified IVA, discovered in Namibia in 1836. Polished plate (4 x 3,5 cm) with Widmanstätten figures and a crystal of enstatite (3 x 0,1 cm) Weight : 34,50gr Partial crust on one edge.

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Lot n° 3 

NWA not classified Plate, crust...

NWA not classified Plate, crust on one edge, chondrules and metal (Iron/Nickel) well visible. Plate : 6 x 5 x 0,3 cm Weight : 28,40gr

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Lot n° 4 

NWA unclassified Plate : 6,5 x...

NWA unclassified Plate : 6,5 x 4,5 x 0,3 cm, crust on one edge, chondrules and metal (Iron/Nickel) well visible Weight : 36gr

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Lot n° 5 

Seymchan Pallasite discovered near...

Seymchan Pallasite discovered near Magadan in Russia in 1967. Polished plate: 3,2 x 2 cm, here a mixture of metal (Iron/Nickel) and olivine. Weight : 9,62gr

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Lot n° 6 

Abu Panu L3 chondrite that fell...

Abu Panu L3 chondrite that fell in Nigeria on April 19, 2018. Polished plate: 5 x 4 x 0.3 cm, with chondrules up to 6 mm. Weight: 11,70gr

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Lot n° 7 

Davy (A) Chondrite L4, discovered...

Davy (A) Chondrite L4, discovered in Texas in 1940. Heel with a polished face. 7 x 5,5 cm Weight : 60gr

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Lot n° 7. 1 

Campo del Cielo Sidérite octaédrite...

Campo del Cielo Sidérite octaédrite classée IAB, découverte en Argentine en 1576. Pierre complète 140g, sans croûte, brossée tout autour, le métal est bien visible

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Lot n° 7. 2 

NWA 2828 D’abord classé : Achondrite,...

NWA 2828 D’abord classé : Achondrite, Aubrite, la Meteoritical Society la classe maintenant en Enstatite à micro brèche monomict, notée EL 3-4. Talon avec une face sciée 4x3,5cm d’un poids de 90g

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Lot n° 7. 3 

Franconia Chondrite H5, découverte...

Franconia Chondrite H5, découverte en 2002 dans la Mohave Co en Arizona aux USA. Pâque 6,5x5,5x0,4cm, métal bien visible d’un poids de 36g.

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Lot n° 8 

Moldavite Tectite from Nesmen in...

Moldavite Tectite from Nesmen in Czechia, beautiful translucent green 2 x 1 cm

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Lot n° 9 

Moldavite Tectite from Nesmen in...

Moldavite Tectite from Nesmen in Czechia, of a beautiful translucent green under the light of a lamp. 2 x 1,5 x 1 cm Weight : 4,70gr

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Lot n° 10 

Set of 7 prehistoric tools: various...

Set of 7 prehistoric tools: various Libyan glass scrapers, up to 4 cm long. This is a 29 million year old impactite discovered in the Great Sand Sea in Egypt.

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Lot n° 11 

Libyan glass Complete stone. It...

Libyan glass Complete stone. It is an impactite of 29 million years discovered in the Great Sand Sea in Egypt. 6 x 5 x 2 cm Weight : 54gr

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Lot n° 12 

Libyan glass It is a 29 million...

Libyan glass It is a 29 million year old impactite discovered in the Great Sand Sea in Egypt. Specimen : 13 x 11 x 8 cm Weight : 1170gr

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Lot n° 13 

Ouriques Chondrite H5, fallen...

Ouriques Chondrite H5, fallen in Portugal on December 28, 1998. Polished plate: 2 x 2 x 0,3 cm Weight : 3,80gr Melting crust on one edge, metal well visible.

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Lot n° 14 

Tataouine Achondrite Diogenite....

Tataouine Achondrite Diogenite. Fell on June 27, 1931. Internal fragments of this green ortho-pyroxene, which comes from the asteroid Vesta. Weight : 50gr

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Lot n° 15 

Sericho Pallasite discovered in...

Sericho Pallasite discovered in 2016 in eastern Kenya. Natural complete stone, mixture of metal and olivine. 5,5 x 3 x 3 cm Weight : 112gr

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Lot n° 16 

Zagami Shergottite, Martian meteorite,...

Zagami Shergottite, Martian meteorite, sold by Robert Haag, fallen on October 3, 1962 in the province of Katsina in Nigeria. Internal fragment. Weight : 0,07gr

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Lot n° 17 

NWA 047 Achondite: Eucrite. Sawed...

NWA 047 Achondite: Eucrite. Sawed plate, some fusion crust on one edge. Plate : 5,5 x 3,5 x 0,3 cm Weight : 15,60gr

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Lot n° 18 

NWA 8455 Lunar meteorite, Breccia...

NWA 8455 Lunar meteorite, Breccia impact. Fragment: 1,8 x 0,8 x 0,4 cm Weight of 1,64gr

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Lot n° 19 

Cheliabinsk Chondrite LL5 fallen...

Cheliabinsk Chondrite LL5 fallen on February 15, 2013. Complete stone, nice fresh fusion crust all around. 2 x 1,5 x 1,2 cm Weight : 5,92gr

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Lot n° 20 

Mount Egerton Achondrite : Aubrite...

Mount Egerton Achondrite : Aubrite discovered in Western Australia in 1941. Internal fragment : 1,4 x 0,5 cm Weight : 0,20gr

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Lot n° 20. 1 

NWA 4669 Chondrite carbonée CV3....

NWA 4669 Chondrite carbonée CV3. Seulement 370g connus. Plaque de 6,7g et d’une dimension 3x1,7x0,3cm, chondres bien visibles

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Lot n° 20. 2 

NWA 869 Chondrite L4-6. Talon de...

NWA 869 Chondrite L4-6. Talon de 40g, une face sciée 3,5x3cm, un peu de croûte résiduelle

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Lot n° 20. 3 

Darwin Glass Tasmanie, Australie....

Darwin Glass Tasmanie, Australie. Verre d’impact translucide de couleur grise

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Lot n° 20. 4 

Tectite : Australasite Localité...

Tectite : Australasite Localité rare, Vietnam du Sud. Tectite de 8 cm

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Lot n° 21 

Saint-Aubin Octahedral siderite,...

Saint-Aubin Octahedral siderite, classified as "ungrouped". Discovered in 1968 in Aube, France. Fragment of crust : 4,5 x 4 x 1 cm Weight : 51gr

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Lot n° 22 

Gao Chondrite H5, fallen on March...

Gao Chondrite H5, fallen on March 5, 1960 in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). Complete stone, crust all around. 4,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm Weight : 76,50gr

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Lot n° 23 

Irghizite Impactite of Zamanskine...

Irghizite Impactite of Zamanskine in Russia. Beautiful half-loop shape. 2 x 1,7 cm

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Lot n° 24 

Atacamaïte Impactite of Atacama...

Atacamaïte Impactite of Atacama in Chile. Beautiful elongated form. 2 x 0,7 cm

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Lot n° 25 

Rhizalite Tectite from the south...

Rhizalite Tectite from the south of Luzon Island, Philippines. Nice shape with natural cavities, complete. 3 x 2,5 x 2 cm Weight : 13gr

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Lot n° 26 

Safordite Pseudo-tectite: in fact,...

Safordite Pseudo-tectite: in fact, an obsidian of volcanic origin. 1,2 x 1,4 cm Excellent translucent specimen.

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Lot n° 27 

Tataouine Achondrite Diogenite. Fell...

Tataouine Achondrite Diogenite. Fell on June 27, 1931. Internal fragment of this green ortho-pyroxene, comes from the asteroid Vesta.

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Lot n° 28 

Australasite Three tektites of...

Australasite Three tektites of Guang-Dong in China. Length : 3,5cm approximately Tectites of excellent quality black shiny.

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Lot n° 29 

Impact breccias Three breccias...

Impact breccias Three breccias of the astrobleme: Rochechouart-Chassenon, 210 million years old, located 20km west of Limoges. Total weight : 390gr "Clasts" well visible.

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Lot n° 30 

Meteorite Siderite Gibeon - N...

Meteorite Siderite Gibeon - Namibia

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Lot n° 31 

Trinitite Impactite or glass of...

Trinitite Impactite or glass of Alamogordo. It is the vitrification of sand during the explosion of the first atomic bomb in the desert of New Mexico in the USA, July 16, 1945. Sample collected in the 1950s. 2,5 x 2,5 cm Very fresh specimen with no...

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Lot n° 32 

Allende Carbonaceous chondrite...

Allende Carbonaceous chondrite CV3, fallen on February 5, 1969 in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. In fact "The Rosetta Stone of planetology". Sawn plate : 4,5 x 3,5 x 0,3 cm Weight : 13,80gr Chondrules and CAI's well visible

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Lot n° 33 

Seymchan Pallasite discovered near...

Seymchan Pallasite discovered near Magadan in Russia in 1967. Polished plate: 4,6 x 4,3 cm. Here only the metal, a mixture (Iron/Nickel) is visible with the Widmanstätten figures, no olivine. Weight : 27gr

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Lot n° 34 

Ivoirite Tectite from Ivory Coast....

Ivoirite Tectite from Ivory Coast. Complete stone : 2,1 x 1,5 x 1 cm Weight : 3,74gr It is about the rarest of the tectites. Collected in the years 1950/1960

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Lot n° 35 

Campo del Cielo Siderite octahedrite...

Campo del Cielo Siderite octahedrite classified IAB, discovered in Argentina in 1576. Complete stone, nice shape 6,5 x 6,5 x 4 cm Weight : 427gr Crust all around

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Lot n° 36 

Tataouine Achondrite Diogenite....

Tataouine Achondrite Diogenite. Fell on June 27, 1931. Internal fragment of this green ortho-pyroxene, which comes from the asteroid Vesta. 3 x 2,6 x 2 cm Weight : 30gr

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Lot n° 37 

NWA 14685 Lunar meteorite discovered...

NWA 14685 Lunar meteorite discovered in 2020. It is a polymict breccia composed of a dark basaltic matrix and white anorthite clasts. 10 x 8 x 0,2 cm Weight : 31,69gr Very aesthetic plate

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Lot n° 38 

Nantan Siderite classified as octahedral...

Nantan Siderite classified as octahedral IAB. Discovered in China in 1958. Plate with Widmanstätten figures and brown-black nodules of troilite. Plate : 35 x 22 x 2 cm Weight : 7275gr Exceptional and museum piece

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Lot n° 39 

Staurotide Staurotides on micaschist,...

Staurotide Staurotides on micaschist, from the Evel valley, in Morbihan. 35 x 18 cm

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Lot n° 40 

Malachite Malachite from the Democratic...

Malachite Malachite from the Democratic Republic of Congo, polished mamelonne, two-tone graphics. Weight : 750gr

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Lot n° 41 

Mineral of synthesis Phosphate-Niahite,...

Mineral of synthesis Phosphate-Niahite, blue sheaf. Height: 10 cm; width: 8cm This synthetic mineral is sometimes introduced into wine during its fermentation to improve its taste.

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Lot n° 42 

Spinel Several bright red crystals...

Spinel Several bright red crystals up to 1cm on a white gangue of Cipolin Dimensions of the gangue : 10 x 6,5 cm

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Lot n° 43 

Elbaite Tourmaline Elbaite tourmaline...

Elbaite Tourmaline Elbaite tourmaline crystals up to 8cm long on a muscovite mica matrix. From the famous Coronel Murta mine, in Minas Geraes, Brazil. Dimensions of the gangue : 29 x 18 cm

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