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20.5 kg. individual.   Iron, IAB-MG

TKW 50 metric tons. Fall not observed. Found 1576, Argentina.

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.

   

MPOD writes:

The MPOD Guy spent a few days in Newport, Oregon, last week to enjoy some cool weather (the highest we had was 63), see some sights, and visit with the MPOD Daughter and her husband.

One of the sights was a Ripley's Believe It or Not museum, part of which was a wax museum. As MPOD Guy turned a corner in the middle of the wax museum "Believe It or Not" there was a meteorite which he immediately identified as a Campo. Photography had the usual handicaps - reflective plastic box and crappy lighting - but MPG did his best.

Photo 6 was another item in the wax museum. Maria Jose Cristerna is Mexico's vampire woman, a lawyer, a tattoo artist, and the worlds most modified woman.

Photo 7 is a YouTube video that explains why a lawyer would transform herself into a Vampire Woman. (There is a lawyer joke in there somewhere but I decline to insult the MPOD's meteorite loving lawyers.)

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