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Meteorites. Campo del Cielo" meteorite pendant. L 3.5cm. 9.4g. Iron-nickel meteorite of the octahedrite type. Fall dated to around 4500 years ago. At least 20 craters. Fragments over 60 km. Provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero. Argentina.

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Meteorites. Campo del Cielo" meteorite pendant. L 3.5cm. 9.4g. Iron-nickel meteorite of the octahedrite type. Fall dated to around 4500 years ago. At least 20 craters. Fragments over 60 km. Provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero. Argentina.

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Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Natural History - Campo Del Cielo Iron Meteorite. Fell 6000-5000 years B.P. An iron Campo Del Cielo (IAB) meteorite. See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.88, for details of this fall. 81 grams, 44 mm (1 3/4 in.). From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law. [No Reserve]

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Natural History - Campo del Cielo Meteorite. Fell 6000-5000 years B.P. Nickel-iron meteorite (IAB); supplied in a carboard specimen tray with information ticket. See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.88, for details of this fall. 70 grams, 46 mm (1 3/4 in.). From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576. From an old Bristol collection. A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law. [No Reserve]

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Natural History - Campo Del Cielo Iron Meteorite Pair. Fell 6000-5000 years B.P. Comprising two iron Campo Del Cielo (IAB) meteorites. See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.88, for details of this fall. 3.7 grams total, 10-11 mm (3/8 in.). From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law. [2, No Reserve]

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Natural History - Campo Del Cielo Iron Meteorite Necklace. Fell 6000-5000 years B.P. An iron Campo Del Cielo (IAB) meteorite set with a suspension loop and suspended on a cord. See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.88, for details of this fall. 5.63 grams, meteorite: 21 mm (7/8 in.). From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law. [No Reserve]

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