IRON METEORITE

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Meteorite Gift Frame

The 3.5 inch frame holds a meteorite nugget from an ancient fall in Argentina called Campo del Cielo. These Ni-Fe fragments exploded from much larger meteorite: they often break along the coarse octahedrite boundary (3.0 mm) of the crystalline structure. Coarse octahedrites are among the longest cooling parent bodies at a cooling rate of about 1 degree per 1 million years.

Each specimen weighs 16-19 grams.

>25 x >25 x >7 mm

16.2 g complete fragment

PPG: $2.96

$48.00

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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.