Iron Meteorite, Campo del Cielo, Argentina 28.5kg

This exceptional iron meteorite is highly sculptural and of museum quality, exhibiting a breathtaking deep grey surface with silver highlights and an impressive angular growth protruding far from the central body.

Five-thousand years ago the giant "Campo del Cielo" meteorites bombarded what is now Chaco Province in Argentina. In 1576 Spanish explorers discovered the massive craters and monstrous iron meteorites weighing several tonnes, along with many small fragments.

The composition is primarily iron with traces of Nickel and Cobalt.

Key Features:

• Mass: 28.6 kilograms (28589 grams) — an extraordinary size for a Campo del Cielo meteorite 
• Classification: Iron, IAB-MG
• Composition: 92% Iron (fe), 8% Nickel (Ni)
• Provenance: Campo del Cielo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
• Dimensions: 12" x 11.5" x 5.5" (30.4 cm x 29.2 cm x 13.9 cm)