Iron meteorites - Campo del Cielo - 93.8 g - (47)

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Collection of 47 Campo del Cielo iron meteorite pieces (IAB coarse octahedrite) from Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina, total weight 93.8 g, with individual sizes around 8 x 7.3 x 6.2 mm.

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Beautiful collection of 47 pieces of Campo del Cielo iron-nickel meteorite.

Size: 8 x 7.3 x 6.2 - 17.7 x 14 x 7.8 mm +/-
Weight: 93.8 g.
Origin: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Year of find: 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 an expedition back, which brought several fragments. The find location, a dry plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky)
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Beautiful collection of 47 pieces of Campo del Cielo iron-nickel meteorite.

Size: 8 x 7.3 x 6.2 - 17.7 x 14 x 7.8 mm +/-
Weight: 93.8 g.
Origin: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Year of find: 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 an expedition back, which brought several fragments. The find location, a dry plain, bore the fitting name Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky)
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Number of items
47
Type of meteorite
Iron meteorites - Campo del Cielo
Weight
93.8 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba
Country of Origin
Argentina
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