Campo del Cielo Iron Meteorite

CDC372

Perfect Hand Specimen

This Campo del Cielo specimen has exceptional stability and character; the arid environments in the strewn field have preserved flight features carved from the fiery entry to Earth’s atmosphere. Demonstrates the solid metal weight of meteoritic iron.

76 x 63 x 44 mm

372 g complete individual

PPG: $1.34

$500.00

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Campo Del Cielo

Location:
  • Argentina
Found: 1576
Group:
  • Iron
Type:
  • Octahedrite, coarse
Class:
  • IA, with silicate inclusions
Total known weight: ~50,000 kg

First documented by the early Spanish explorers in 1576 Campo del Cielo is aptly translated "Field of the Sky". The meteoritic iron was later used in making weapons for the war of independence from Spain. It is a polycrystalline, coarse octahedrite with silicate, graphite, and troilite inclusions of significant size.