Météorite de fer 'Campo del Cielo', spécimen complet Campo del Cielo Iron Meteor...
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Météorite de fer 'Campo del Cielo', spécimen complet
Campo del Cielo Iron Meteorite--Complete Individual
Nickel-Iron, Coarse Octahedrite
Gran Chaco, Argentina
First recorded by the Spanish in 1576, the huge fall of Campo del Cielo (Valley of the Sky) iron-nickel meteorites occurred thousands of years ago in Argentina. The present specimen boasts an aesthetic shape, its surface covered with many distinctive regmaglypts (thumbprints) which formed when the meteor passed through Earth's atmosphere causing the troilite in the meteorite to melt. An excellent display specimen of an iron-nickel meteorite. Weighing approximately 3.1 kilograms and measuring 14 x 12 x 9 cm
Campo del Cielo Iron Meteorite--Complete Individual
Nickel-Iron, Coarse Octahedrite
Gran Chaco, Argentina
First recorded by the Spanish in 1576, the huge fall of Campo del Cielo (Valley of the Sky) iron-nickel meteorites occurred thousands of years ago in Argentina. The present specimen boasts an aesthetic shape, its surface covered with many distinctive regmaglypts (thumbprints) which formed when the meteor passed through Earth's atmosphere causing the troilite in the meteorite to melt. An excellent display specimen of an iron-nickel meteorite. Weighing approximately 3.1 kilograms and measuring 14 x 12 x 9 cm
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Météorite de fer 'Campo del Cielo', spécimen complet Campo del Cielo Iron Meteor...
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