Sterling Silver Wire Wrapped Campo del Cielo Meteorite Earrings with Stars

Genuine meteorite stones wrapped in sterling silver wire with star shaped accents make for a pair of celestial dangle earrings that are out of this world! Sterling silver ear wires are protected with the included rubber backers to prevent the earrings from possibly slipping away. The whimsical handmade paper box shown and a meteorite information tag is included, (metal display stand not included).

►SIZE: 1 1/2" long, stones are about 7mm each
►Only one pair available.

►Some Campo del Cielo Meteorite Basic Information:
In 1576 a Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The location of the find was the Campo del Cielo (field of the sky or heaven), a fitting name for the location of a meteorite. Location: Campo del Cielo, Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina, about 500 miles north-northwest of Buenos Aries. Latitude 27 degrees 39 minutes South, Longitude 61 degrees 44 minutes West. Structural Class: Coarse octahedrite, Og, Widmanstatten bandwidth 3.0 ±0.6 mm. Chemical Class: Group I, 6.68% Ni, 0.43% Co, 0.25% P, 87 ppm Ga, 407 ppm Ge, 3.6 ppm Ir. Time of Fall: 4,000 to 6,000 years ago

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