Campo del Cielo meteorite Iron meteorite - 94 g - (47)

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Campo del Cielo iron-nickel meteorite, an iron meteorite from Argentina, Chaco (Grand Chaco Gualamba).

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

Size: 8 x 7.3 x 6.2 - 20.5 x 9.5 x 6.0mm +/-
Weight: 94.0g.
Location: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Fund year: 1576 (year of the discovery of the meteorite field)
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 Indians that iron had fallen from the sky. He then sent an expedition that brought back several fragments. The site, a water-scarce plain, was aptly named 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 - 20.5 x 9.5 x 6.0mm +/-
Weight: 94.0g.
Location: Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
Fund year: 1576 (year of the discovery of the meteorite field)
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 Indians that iron had fallen from the sky. He then sent an expedition that brought back several fragments. The site, a water-scarce plain, was aptly named Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky).
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Number of items
47
Name of meteorite
Campo del Cielo meteorite
Type of meteorite
Iron meteorite
Weight
94 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Chaco, Grand Chaco Gualamba
Country of Origin
Argentina
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