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Campo MeteoriteCampo del Cielo Space Rock
Approximately 4.5 billion years old8 x 9 x 13.5 cm.
3 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
2.34 kg£ 4,000.00Campo del Cielo (‘Valley of the Sky’) meteorites formed as the result of two asteroids colliding at cosmic velocity in interplanetary space. They impacted Earth around 4700-4200 years ago, with the total recovered weight of the pieces so far being 100 tons.Provenance
Official ref name: Campo del Cielo
Year found: 1576
Location of find: Argentina, Buenos Aires
Mass: 4600g
Approved on: Museum of Natural History (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 1942.
Classification: This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG.Each object is accompanied by documentation of original discovery. This particular object is registered with a unique reference code with the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Reference: Campo del Cielo
Meteoritical Belletin Database: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=52471of 5
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