Meteorite – 30.4 g Campo del Cielo – (“Field of the Sky”)

This specimen is from Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina approxiamtely 500 mi  NW of Buenos Aries. It was found and recorded as early as 1576. This piece was found in 1988 with very little surface rust. It is an Iron Octahedrite 3.0 mm IA class. This meteorite is a tumbled fragment found in 1988 with little surface rust. It measures 1 3/16 x 1 x 1/2 inches or 30 x 25 x 12 mm and weighs 30.4 grams.