Natural History - Argentinian Campo del Cielo Meteorite

FELL 6000-5000 YEARS B.P.

1 5/8 in. (94 grams, 42 mm).

With irregular surfaces, classified as a nickel iron (IAB) meteorite, composition 92.9% iron, 6.7% nickel. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Discovered 1576 A.D., Chaco Province, Argentina.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2485