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Campo del Cielo
Chaco, Argentina
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Campo del Cielo
History
Campo del Cielo, Chaco, Argentina - Coarse IAB, Octahedrite with silicate
inclusions - Iron Meteorite - This great meteorite was first discovered in
1572 by Spanish explorers in Chaco, Argentina. Thousands of pieces have
been found near some impact craters, the largest weighing an immense 35
TONS! However, these pieces are from a new and previously unknown extension
to the strewnfield and where discovered at a higher altitude well away
from the wet oxidising conditions of the earlier finds. They are found
many miles from the original strewnfield. They are being recovered on a
mountainside, several feet underground. These come from a location where
there is no standing water thus are in great condition. Campo meteorites
recovered from this new area are very stable and retain beautiful
regmaglypts and patches of fusion crust, bearing very little ressemblence
to all of the highly weathered earlier finds.
inclusions - Iron Meteorite - This great meteorite was first discovered in
1572 by Spanish explorers in Chaco, Argentina. Thousands of pieces have
been found near some impact craters, the largest weighing an immense 35
TONS! However, these pieces are from a new and previously unknown extension
to the strewnfield and where discovered at a higher altitude well away
from the wet oxidising conditions of the earlier finds. They are found
many miles from the original strewnfield. They are being recovered on a
mountainside, several feet underground. These come from a location where
there is no standing water thus are in great condition. Campo meteorites
recovered from this new area are very stable and retain beautiful
regmaglypts and patches of fusion crust, bearing very little ressemblence
to all of the highly weathered earlier finds.
Email
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