Lot 738
Aesthetic Large 7.5 Pound Campo Dell Cielo Iron-Nickel Meteorite. This 6.5 x 5 x 2 inch iron-nickle meteorite, weighing a hefty 7.5 pounds, has an aesthetically sculpted shape with many small thumbprints called regmaglypts. The best specimens of Campos known as "new" Campos have been found higher up the mountain from the older ones that were found in a valley. Campo del Cielo translates as "Valley of the Sky" and fell more than 4000 years ago in Argentina. These meteorites were written about by Spanish explorers in 1576 and a huge 60 ton meteorite was taken back to Spain and melted down for its iron.
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Estimated Value $600 - 1,000.
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| Realized $449 |
