GEOLOGICAL GIBEON, NAMIBIA METEORITE SAWN HALF A sawn half of a Gibeon meteorite, showing good Widmanstatten lines and characteristic ablated surface. 134 grams, 60 mm (2 1/4"). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance Ex Douglas Rose collection. Footnotes Gibeon is a meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia and was named after the nearest town. The meteorite was discovered by the Nama people and used by them to make tools and weapons; in 1836 the English captain J. E. Alexander collected samples in the vicinity of the Great Fish River and sent them to London. John Herschel analysed them and confirmed for the first time the extraterrestrial nature of the material.
GEOLOGICAL GIBEON, NAMIBIA METEORITE SAWN HALF A sawn half of a Gibeon meteorite, showing good Widmanstatten lines and characteristic ablated surface. 134 grams, 60 mm (2 1/4"). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance Ex Douglas Rose collection. Footnotes Gibeon is a meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia and was named after the nearest town. The meteorite was discovered by the Nama people and used by them to make tools and weapons; in 1836 the English captain J. E. Alexander collected samples in the vicinity of the Great Fish River and sent them to London. John Herschel analysed them and confirmed for the first time the extraterrestrial nature of the material.
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