Campo del Cielo meteorite

Metallic meteorite, coarse octahedrite IAB.

Complete specimen without melting scale and numerous regmagglyphs.

It weighs 16.49 grams

The analysis of the metal reveals that it contains Nickel (6.62%),

Galena (90. Oppm), Germanium (392 ppm.), Iridium (3.2 ppm.).

* Discovered for the first time in 1571, it is believed that this meteorite may have fallen 4,000-6,000 years ago. The pieces vary in size from grains of sand to more than 35 tons.

Discovery: 1576

Found in February 1998.

Chaco, Argentina, 27 ° 38 '0 "S, 61 ° 43' 0" W