Vaca Muerta Meteorite | 2.4 Grams | Individual | Mesosiderite A1 | Chile | SO24 Mesosiderite This came from the ring

This came from the ring of the impact and is the harder to find gold-copper-bronze colored impactite described as a metal-rich breccia and sulfides composed chiefly of some amount of iridium

its color is often attributed to the presence of tiny copper platelets or hematite inclusions within the stone

Although normally colorless or white

Weight: 26

Vaca Muerta Meteorite | 2.4 Grams | Individual | Mesosiderite A1 | Chile | SO24 Mesosiderite This came from the ringThis 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