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Campo del Cielo iron-nickel meteorite pendant from Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina; weight 3.4 g.
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Pendant Campo del Cielo - Iron-Nickel meteorite.
Size: 23.3 x 17.1 x 4.8 mm +/-
Weight: 3.4 g.
Origin: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Discovery year: 1576 (Year of discovery of the meteor 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 indigenous Indians that iron fell from the sky. He then sent an expedition that brought back several fragments. The discovery site, an arid plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of Heaven)
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Pendant Campo del Cielo - Iron-Nickel meteorite.
Size: 23.3 x 17.1 x 4.8 mm +/-
Weight: 3.4 g.
Origin: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Discovery year: 1576 (Year of discovery of the meteor 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 indigenous Indians that iron fell from the sky. He then sent an expedition that brought back several fragments. The discovery site, an arid plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of Heaven)
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Number of objects
1
Name of meteorite
Campo del Cielo meteorite
Type of meteorite
Pendant
Weight
3.4 g
Origin (region/city)
Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba
Country of origin
Argentina
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