Campo del Cielo meteorite Pendants - 4.6 g - (1)
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Pendant made from Campo del Cielo iron–nickel meteorite, an IAB coarse octahedrite from Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina, with dimensions about 27.4 × 18.8 × 3.8 mm and a weight of 4.6 g.
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Campo del Cielo Pendant - Iron-Nickel Meteorite.
Flat piece
Size: 27.4 x 18.8 x 3.8 mm +/-
Weight: 4.6 g.
Find location: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Year found: 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 what is today Argentina. A Spanish governor heard reports from indigenous Indians that iron had fallen from the sky. He then sent out an expedition that recovered several fragments. The locality, a water-scarce plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky).
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Campo del Cielo Pendant - Iron-Nickel Meteorite.
Flat piece
Size: 27.4 x 18.8 x 3.8 mm +/-
Weight: 4.6 g.
Find location: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Year found: 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 what is today Argentina. A Spanish governor heard reports from indigenous Indians that iron had fallen from the sky. He then sent out an expedition that recovered several fragments. The locality, a water-scarce plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky).
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Number of objects
1
Name of meteorite
Campo del Cielo meteorite
Type of meteorite
Pendants
Weight
4.6 g
Origin (region/city)
Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba
Country of origin
Argentina
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