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Locality: Campo del Cielo meteorite field, Gran Chaco region, Argentina
Long before Europeans arrived, the iron masses of Campo del Cielo ("field of the sky") in northern Argentina were well known to the region's Indigenous inhabitants. In 1576, a Spanish expedition under Hernán Mexía de Miraval found a large mass of native iron there. In 1783, Miguel Rubín de Celis saw a large mass and described it in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Part of a one-ton mass found in 1803 was given to the British Museum in 1826 by Sir Woodbine Parish.
The iron fell about 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. It struck at a low angle, about 9 degrees from the horizontal, leaving an elongated field of at least 26 craters about 3 km wide and roughly 18.5 to 20 km long. The largest crater measures 115 m by 91 m. More than 100 tonnes of meteoritic iron have been recovered from the area.
This one of a kind Campo del Cielo meteorite specimen has a broad, rugged shape with a dark black-brown oxidized surface and strong metallic highlights along the raised edges. Its uneven form, natural pits, cavities, and sharp broken textures give it the look of a small iron landscape, shaped by atmospheric entry, impact, weathering, and time.
Campo del Cielo meteorites come from a famous iron meteorite field in northern Argentina, where fragments from an ancient asteroid impact were scattered across the Gran Chaco region. These meteorites are mainly iron and nickel, representing material from the metallic core of an early planetary body that formed in space long before it reached Earth.
Spiritually, meteorites are often associated with grounding, transformation, cosmic awareness, and connection to something far older than human history. Many people are drawn to them because they are physical pieces of space, carrying both scientific importance and a strong symbolic link to the wider universe.
Quantity: 1pc
With this product, you will get the actual stone in the photograph.