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.
