Iron meteorite - Campo del Cielo - 93 g - (53)

Beautiful collection of 53 pieces Campo del Cielo - iron-nickel meteorite.

Size: 8 x 7.3 x 6.2 - 16.6 x 12.7 x 3.8 mm +/-
Weight: 93 g.
Origin: Chaco, Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Find year: 1576 (Year of discovery of the meteorite field)
Classification: Coarse octahedrite of the IAB group
Composition: 92.6% iron, 6.68% nickel, 0.43% cobalt, 0.25% phosphorus, 87 ppm gallium, 407 ppm germanium and 3.6 ppm iridium.

Parts of the Campo-del-Cielo meteorite, an iron meteorite, were first discovered in 1576 in present-day Argentina. A Spanish governor heard reports from native Indians that iron had fallen from the sky. He consequently sent an expedition that brought back several fragments. The find location, a dry region, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of Heaven).
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