March 11, 2024
CAMPO METEORITE SLICE 24K GOLD PLATED SHINY 274g GRC3
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You are bidding on a beautiful IRON-NICKEL Meteorite Slice Specimen with amazing shiny change from the different points of view , it is cut and processed by our professional way to show this magic Widmanstattern pattern, no any substance on the surface, professional packaged against corrosion and for your collection, 100% Natural, a Great choice for display. Campo Del Cielo 24K gold plated on the surface to protect it, and will not rust forever even you put it in your bathtub, very Glorious !!! Weight 274 gram Size 4.92*2.91*1/4 inch Origin Argentina The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The location of the find was the Campo del Cielo (field of the sky or heaven), a fitting name for the location of a meteorite. Since the Indians believed that the irons fell from heaven the name may have come from the meteorites. The area is an open brush-covered plain that has little water and no other rocks--very good country in which to locate meteorites. Structural Class: Coarse octahedrite, Og, Widmanstatten bandwidth 3.0 ±0.6 mm. · Chemical Class:
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