Natural Campo del Cielo Meteorite Piece

Ancient takes on a very specific meaning with a natural Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment. This piece fell to Earth between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago, striking the Gran Chaco region of Argentina in an impact event that indigenous peoples witnessed and remembered for generations. They named the region "Campo del Cielo" Field of the Sky a name that has endured for millennia and captures perfectly what these metallic stones represent.

Spanish explorers encountered the site in 1576, recording it as one of the earliest documented meteorite falls in the Western world. Today, the total known weight of Campo del Cielo specimens exceeds 100 tons, placing this ancient fall among the largest ever recorded. Each fragment is classified as an IAB iron meteorite: a dense iron-nickel alloy formed at the core of a long-lost asteroid, older than the fall itself by billions of years.

What you're holding when you hold this ancient Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment is a piece of material with two distinct timelines: a cosmic one stretching back to the dawn of the solar system, and a human one stretching back to the Gran Chaco over four millennia ago.

The Details You Need

Meteorite Type: Iron Meteorite (Coarse Octahedrite)

Composition: Primarily Iron and Nickel

Fall Age: Approximately 4,0005,000 years ago

Total Known Weight: Exceeds 100 tons (all recovered specimens)

First Documented: 1576 by Spanish explorers

Age: Approximately 4.5 billion years old

Fall Location: Chaco Province, Argentina

Specimen Size: 30mm x 23mm x 22mm

Weight: 39 gram

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Transform your collection with an ancient Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment a piece of the sky that landed in Argentina thousands of years ago