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Campo del Cielo is a large iron-meteorite strewn field in northern Argentina, formed when fragments of a meteoroid struck the region thousands of years ago. Indigenous communities knew of its iron masses before Spanish investigators documented them in the sixteenth century. Numerous fragments have s...
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Huge historic iron strewn field, large recovered mass, public fame, mixed specimen quality.
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Gold Basin is a vast meteorite strewn field located in the desert of Mohave County, Arizona. Discovered in 1995 by individuals metal detecting for gold nuggets, the site has yielded thousands of individual meteorite specimens. It is classified as an L4 ordinary chondrite, meaning it is a stony meteo...
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Large L4 strewn field with abundant material, collector common, modest scientific uniqueness.
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