Meteorites Iron Meteorite 235g Etched End
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Campo Del Cielo Iron Meteorite . Coarse Iron Octahedrite fromArgentina. Super Nice Etched End Piece . weighs 235 grams. High quality display piece. Has been heat treated to prevent oxidation. Outstanding Quality and craftsmanship. Etched on 2 sides. Stands on its own. Approx .Dimensions : 3" x 1 1/2" x 1". Decsription card included. 100% Guaranteed Authentic. Add $8 s/h within US Location: Campo del Cielo, Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina, about 500 miles north-northwest of Buenos Aries. Latitude 27 degrees 39 minutes South, Longitude 61 degrees 44 minutes West. Structural Class: Coarse octahedrite, Og, Widmanstatten bandwidth 3.0 ±0.6 mm. Chemical Class: Group I, 6.68% Ni, 0.43% Co, 0.25% P, 87 ppm Ga, 407 ppm Ge, 3.6 ppm Ir. Time of Fall: 4,000 to 6,000 years ago HistoryThe 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
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