03-00027-E - 35x28 mm / 24

Origin: Cerro de Mercado

The known total weight is approximately 100 Kg and this is 1 of 392 approved meteorites classified as CM2

8 million years ago

Size: 9x6mm

Vaca Muerta Meteorite | 2.4 Grams | Individual | Mesosiderite A1 | Chile | SO24 Abalone 03-00027-E - 35x28 mm /This is a superb looking Stony iron or Mesosiderite Vaca Muerta (Dead Cow) classified meteorite weighing 2. 4 grams. This amazing specimen's dimensions are 16x12x11 mm. This classified meteorite was found in 1861 in the driest desert of the world called the Atacama, in Chile. Mesosiderites are formed on the surface of a parent body as a result of impacts with another body. The impact mixed broken fragments of surface eucrites with iron and olivine