Lot 987
Meteorite Campo del Cielo 5½ Lbs. This 5¼ x 3½ x 2½" Campo del Cielo iron-nickel meteorite is exceptional as it contains regmaglypts. Regmaglypts (thumbprints) formed when the meteor passed through Earth's atmosphere, explosed and the troilite (iron sulfide) in the meteorite melted before the meteorite struck the earth. 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 in Argentina. It is interesting to note that Iron-Nickel meteorites were the strongest metal objects know to mankind before the discovery of steel. Swords forged from meteorite iron were much stronger and less brittle than swords made from cast iron because of the high nickel content of the meteorites. This desk sized iron-nickel meteorite would make an "out of this world" paperweight. $600 - 700
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