Meteorite Rocks, Minerals & Fossils
News about Meteorite Rocks, Minerals & Fossils
RENO, Nev. – A 288-pound iron-nickel meteorite found in China in 1958 and believed to have fallen to Earth in 1516 sold for $4,125 at a four-day Minerals Galore & Western Americana Auction held June 2-5 by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC.
ATLANTA — A museum-quality, 394-pound meteorite — by far the largest specimen of its kind for sale in the world — will come up for bid in an online-only Spring Estate Auction planned for Tuesday, April 6, at 11 a.m. Eastern by Gallery 63 in Atlanta. Absentee and Internet live bidding is provided by LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Christie’s Deep Impact: Martian Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites, an online-only sale of rare meteorites, shattered records totaling $4,351,750, with 100% of the lots sold. Seventy-two of the 75 lots offered today sold for more than their high estimate. A record number of bidders participated in the category from 23 countries across […]
BOSTON – RR Auction’s annual spring Space sale features an extraordinary assortment of nearly 700 lots, with online bidding ending Thursday, April 16. Headlining the sale is a rare and highly desirable Northwest Africa 5000 Lunar Meteorite Slice. This is the very first, only, and last time a complete slice from this ultra-desirable lunar meteorite NWA […]