AN IMPORTANT IRON METEORITE FRAGMENT FROM THE FAMOUS CAMPO DEL CIELO METEORITES (FELL 4,200-4,700 YEARS AGO)

• An Important Piece Of Natural History, This Iron Meteorite Fragment Belongs To The 4.5 Billion Year Old Campo Del Cielo Meteorites That Fell Approximately 4,200-4,700 Years Before Present.
• This Meteorite Has Been Certified By A Member Of The Meteoritical Society (MetSoc #6863), International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA #2093) And The Global Meteorite Association (GMA #0052).

• In 1576, The Governor Of A Province In Northern Argentina Commissioned The Military To Search For A Huge Mass Of Iron, Which He Had Heard That Natives Used For Their Weapons.
• The Natives Claimed That The Mass Had Fallen From The Sky In A Place They Called Piguem Nonralta, Which The Spanish Translated As Campo Del Cielo (``Field Of Heaven (Or The Sky)``).
• The Expedition Found A Large Mass Of Metal Protruding Out Of The Soil And Collected A Few Samples, Which Were Described As Being Of Unusual Purity.
• The Governor Documented The Expedition And Submitted The Report To The General Archive Of The Indies In Seville, Spain, But It Was Quickly Forgotten And Later Reports Merely Repeated The Native Legends.

• At Least 26 Craters Make Up The Campo Del Cielo Crater Field, The Largest Being 115 By 91 Metres. The Field Covered An Area Of 3 By 18.5 Kilometres With An Associated Strewn Area Of Smaller Meteorites Including An Additional 60 Kilometres. At Least Two Of The Craters Contained Thousands Of Small Iron Pieces. Such An Unusual Distribution Suggests That A Large Body Entered The Earth`s Atmosphere And Broke Into Pieces, Which Fell To The Ground.
• The Size Of The Main Body Is Estimated To Have Been Larger Than 4 Metres In Diameter.
• Samples Of Charred Wood Were Taken From Beneath The Meteorite Fragments And Analysed For Carbon-14 Composition With The Results Indicating The Date Of The Fall To Be Around 4,200–4,700 Years Ago.

• The Fragments Contain An Unusually High Density Of Inclusions For An Iron Meteorite. The Average Composition Of The Campo Del Cielo Meteorites Is 3.6 ppm Iridium, 87 ppm Gallium, 407 ppm Germanium, 0.25% Phosphorus, 0.43% Cobalt, And 6.67% Nickel, With The Remaining 92.6% Being Iron.
• Literature: Graham, Bevan And Hutchison Ed., Catalogue Of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.88 (Details Of The Fall Of The Campo Del Cielo Meteorites)
• The Age Of The Campo Del Cielo Meteorites Is Estimated To Be 4.5 Billion Years Old, Formed As Part Of The Development Of Our Solar System. The Craters In Which These Were Discovered Have Been Dated To 4,200-4,700 Years Before Present.
• Approximate Weight: 3 - 4 Grams

Provenance:

• The Campo Del Cielo Meteorites Fell 4,200-4,700 Years Before Present In Chaco Province, Argentina.
• Discovered In 1576 A.D In Chaco Province, Argentina (Although Already Well-Known By The Aboriginal People).
• Held In The Private Collection Of An Esteemed Meteorite Expert In France.

Condition: This Piece Is Extremely Well Preserved And Remains In Excellent Condition - Refer Images

Accompanied By A Certificate Of Authenticity (Internationally Recognised BidSafe Authentication And Verification Number: 4998254-6) (SN:4998254-6) (309249-3)

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