Specimen #560
Name: Campo del Cielo Meteorite
Type: Meteorite
Locality: Northern Argentina, Argentina
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 20.3 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm
Weight: 5082
Acquired: 2008-02-12
Source: Ebay: Geodes Etc.
Label: N
Comment: "Field of the Heaven" - schrapnel meteorite. First find in 1576 A.D., 4-6000 years old. http://www.alaska.net/~meteor/CCinfo.htm
Minerals: Austinite (CaZn(AsO4)(OH)) Graphite (C) Iron (Fe) Kamacite (alpha-(Fe,Ni)) Octahedrite Plessite - Taenite and Kamacite Schreibersite ((Fe,Ni)3P) Taenite (gamma-(Fe,Ni)) Troilite (FeS)
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