Lot 700
Campl del Cielo Complete 366 Gram Slice with Widmanstatten Pattern. The famous iron-nickel meteorite Campo del Cielo fell to the earth over 4,000 years ago in mountainous region of Gran Chaco, Argentina, 500 miles north-northwest of Buenos Aries, in one of the largest and undoubtedly most dramatic falls in the last 10,000 years. Meteorites from this fall were scattered over hundreds of square miles of inaccessible terrain. This 366 gram 5 ½ X 3 1/4 inch complete slice has been polished and etched to show its coarse octahedrite Widmanstatten pattern which results from two alloys of Nickel, Kamacite (the light bands which are low in nickel) and Taenite (the dark bands which are high in nickel). Estimated Value $600 - 800
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