Campo del Cielo Meteorite 16.5 g

Campo del Cielo Meteorite 16.5 g


#CP-39 Campo del Cielo Meteorite, 16.7 grams in weight, 1 inch long. 

Gran Chaco, Gualamba, Chaco Argentina
Campo del Cielo means "field of the heaveans."
Found 1576 by the Spanish, actual fall estimated at 4000-6000 years ago.
Type: Iron based meteorite. Octahedrite, coarse (3.0mm) with silicate inclusions (IA)
Analysis of metal: 6.62% Ni, 90.0 ppm Ga, 392 ppm Ge, 3.2 ppm Ir
A mass of 8 tons was found at a depth of 5 meters in crater 10.