* Astronomy

NWA (Sahara) - polished half individual 559g An African Meteorite (Sahara Desert) (stone) - found 1998: This stone meteorite flew around the Solar System for four and a half billion years before lining up perfectly with planet Earth for a crash landing on the sands of the Sahara Desert. Several thousand years later, it was picked up by a wandering nomad and sold through a Moroccan trader into the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection.
The stone meteorite, which had fallen in the Sahara Desert thousands of years earlier, was cut in two. Both halves of the meteorite were then polished to a high lustre, each revealing a myriad of shiny, bright metallic flecks mixed within the dark stony insides of the meteorite. One half was sold to Michael Jackson in 2003, while this 559g half remained in Rob's collection until now.
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Part of a meteorite, which has links to Michael Jackson, is to be auctioned off next week.
The late pop star bought one half of the meteorite in 2003 and the second piece is now up for sale.
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Viewing Notes:
Sunday 14th August 12pm - 4pm Monday 15th August 10am - 7pm
No viewing on Tuesday 16th August
Viewing resumes on the morning of the sale from 9am

Ed ~ of the 20 - 40 meteorites found in 1998 in the Sahara it is not clear from the article which this one is.