Campo del Cielo meteorite Iron meteorite - 93.6 g - (81)

Beautiful collection of 81 Campo del Cielo iron-nickel meteorites.

Size: 8.3 x 7.5 x 6.1 - 16.5 x 16.3 x 3.1 mm +/-
Weight: 93.6 g.
Origin: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Year of discovery: 1576 (year the meteorite field was discovered)
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 had fallen from the sky. He then sent out an expedition that brought back several fragments. The site, a water-scarce plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky).
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