Campo del Cielo meteorite Pendant - 5 g - (1)
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Specimen: Campo del Cielo iron–nickel meteorite pendant; a single pendant from Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina, weighing 5 g and measuring 21.9 × 14 × 7.9 mm, classified as a coarse octahedrite IAB.
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Pendant Campo del Cielo - iron-nickel meteorite.
Size: 21.9 x 14 x 7.9 mm +/-
Weight: 5.0 g.
Find location: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Find year: 1576 (year of the meteorite field's discovery)
Classification: coarse octahedrite of group IAB
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 peoples that iron had fallen from the sky. He then sent out an expedition that brought back several fragments. The site, a dry, water-scarce plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky).
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Pendant Campo del Cielo - iron-nickel meteorite.
Size: 21.9 x 14 x 7.9 mm +/-
Weight: 5.0 g.
Find location: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Find year: 1576 (year of the meteorite field's discovery)
Classification: coarse octahedrite of group IAB
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 peoples that iron had fallen from the sky. He then sent out an expedition that brought back several fragments. The site, a dry, water-scarce plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky).
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Insured shipping with tracking number!
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Number of objects
1
Name of meteorite
Campo del Cielo meteorite
Type of meteorite
Pendant
Weight
5 g
Origin (region/city)
Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba
Country of origin
Argentina
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