Lot 941
Meteorite Campo del Cielo 27.5 Pounds. These new Campo del Cielo iron-nickel meteorites have an esthetic shape with its iron-nickel surface covered with desirable regmaglypts (thumbprints) that formed when the meteor passed through Earth's atmosphere. This large 7.5X6X4.5 inch 27.5 pound complete meteorite has an esthetic shape with many regmaglypts. It looks like what you would expect a large iron-nickel meteorite to look like. First recorded by the Spanish in 1576, the huge fall of Campo del Cielo (Valley of the Sky) iron-nickel meteorites occurred thousands of years before. The best quality Campos such as this splendid specimen were recovered high in the mountains where their surface was not rusted away by ground water. The Campo field has been mostly explored and the price of quality Campos is rising dramatically as new specimens are getting to be very difficult to locate and demand for meteorites has been steadily increasing. A five pound Campo del Cielo meteorite sold for over $3000 in a New York auction in September, 2007.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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| Realized $1,200 |
