METEORITE Octahedrite IAB : Campo del Cielo, ARGENTINA

METEORITE Campo del Cielo 

CLASSIFICATION: SIDERITE OCTAHEDRITE IAB

(Widmanstatten bandwidth: 3.0 ± 0.6 mm)

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LOCATION: Gran Chaco Gualamba, ARGENTINA

Coordinates:  27°38′S 61°42′W

COMPOSITION: 6.68% Ni, 0.43% Co, 0.25% P, 87 ppm Ga, 407 ppm Ge, 3.6 ppm Ir.

AGE: circa 4200 to 4700 years ago.