Campinorte Iron Meteorite

Find / Fall: Found 1992
Location: Goias, Brazil
Classification: Iron, ungrouped
Total Known Weight: 2 t

The Campinorte meteorite is an ungrouped iron meteorite found in Brazil in 1992. Mr. Laert, a miner in the area, commented to his fellow miners that he had found a “steel stone” at a site nearby a number of years ago. The group discovered a half-buried mass near a pond using a metal detector. The meteorite was confirmed by the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.

Campinorte meteorites have a distinctive orange-colored exterior when natural and are classified as coarse octahedrites. We have both cleaned and natural. Their interior show a broad Widmanstätten pattern. Neumann lines are common, while Campinorte is not known for having large inclusions.

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