Iron Meteorite Campo Del Cielo, Argentina Found: 1576 Fall: 4000 BC Composition: iron (92.6%) and nickel (6.68%) 21 x 19 cm 11 kg Provenance: Italian private collection This specimen originates from one of the largest meteorite showers ever documented. It occurred about 6000 years ago over what is now Argentina after a collision between two asteroids. The area where the meteorite hit is called Campo del Cielo (Spanish for “field of the sky”). The velocity of the larger meteorite fragments was so high that more than 20 deep craters were formed. The largest of them is as large as a football field in diameter. For the first time, the parts of the meteorite were documented by Spanish explorers in 1576. The individual pieces found since 1576 weigh from a few milligrams to an astonishing 30 tons. The round and beautiful indentations on the surface are called regmaglypts and were formed during the fall of the meteorite when its surface started to melt in the Earths atmosphere. See also lot 1844, 1866 and 1901. METEORIT AUS DEM CAMPO DEL CIELO. Eisen Meteorit Campo Del Cielo, Argentinien Fall: 4000 BC Fund: 1576 Komposition: Eisen (92.6 %) und Nickel (6.68 %) 21 x 19 cm. Gewicht: 11 kg. Provenienz: Italienische Privatsammlung Dieser Meteorit entstammt einem der gr?ssten Meteoritenschauer, der je dokumentiert wurde. Er ereignete sich vor etwa 6000 Jahren über dem heutigen Argentinien nach einer Kollision zwischen zwei Asteroiden. Das Gebiet, wo der Meteorit einschlug, nennt sich Campo del Cielo (spanisch für Feld des Himmels). Die Geschwindigkeit der gr?sseren Fragmente des Meteorits war so hoch, dass sich mehr als 20 tiefe Krater bildeten. Der gr?sste hat einen Durchmesser so gross wie ein Fussballfeld. Zum ersten Mal wurden die Teile des Meteoriten von spanischen Entdeckern 1576 dokumentiert. Die seitdem gefundenen einzelnen Teile des Himmels-K?rpers wiegen von einigen Milligramm bis hin zu gewaltigen 30 Tonnen. Die anmutigen Einbuchtungen auf der Oberfl?che des Meteoriten nennen sich Regmaglypten und sind entstanden, als die Aussenseite beim Eintritt in die Erdatmosph?re zu schmelzen begann. Siehe auch Lot 1844, 1866 und 1901notes:*
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