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Iron, IAB-MG
TKW 50 metric tons. Observed fall: no. Found 1576.
From Wikipedia:
The Campo del Cielo refers to a group of iron meteorites or to the area where they were found situated on the border between the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The crater field covers an area of 3×20 kilometers and contains at least 26 craters, the largest being 115×91 meters. The craters' age is estimated as 4,000–5,000 years. The craters, containing iron masses, were reported in 1576, but were already well known to the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. The craters and the area around contain numerous fragments of an iron meteorite. The total weight of the pieces so far recovered exceeds 100 tonnes, making the meteorite the heaviest one ever recovered on Earth. The largest fragment, consisting of 37 tonnes, is the second heaviest single-piece meteorite recovered on Earth, after the Hoba meteorite.
  
Wendy writes:
A Campo tree from a Michael Blood Tucson Gem Show auction of a few years back. Made of stone, copper wire, and bits of Campo. My husband waters it regularly and feeds it lots of iron-rich fertilizer, but nothing yet...
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Dr. Mike Reynolds
7/27/2015 1:06:23 PM |
A nice job of wire wrapping... and I like the way the copper wire contrasts with the Campos.
Now this is a plant I probably could not kill! |
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7/27/2015 9:30:26 AM |
2 cute! |
Twink Monrad
7/27/2015 7:13:39 AM |
Paul, I hear they are like cactus plants, one should not over-water them. |
Steve Sutton
7/27/2015 3:44:53 AM |
Absolutely awesome!!! |
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