#6023 • Campo Del Cielo Meteorite

Part of Relics Antiques, and Artifacts: Timeless Treasures (live auction by Blue Box Auction Gallery)

High bid $80.00

Status: Sold

Campo Del Cielo Meteorite. This meteorite fell to earth 4000 to 6000 years ago near what is now known as Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina, 500 miles N-NW of Buenos Aries. Classified as a polycrystalline coarse octahedrite, the composition is 90% Kamacite, an iron-nickel alloy, with trace amounts of Taenite, Plessite, and Schreibersite. The Riker box measure to be 4.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches.