Iron meteorite from Campo del Cielo, Argentina - pendant in 925 sterling silver

A Campo del Cielo, Argentina iron meteorite pendant in 925 sterling silver. The individual meteorite fragment is attached to a silver bail with a minimally invasive setting, so the meteorite's natural surface geometry remains fully visible.

Campo del Cielo documents one of the few meteorite impacts recorded in the oral tradition of indigenous peoples. The Argentine Mocoví Indians knew about the iron masses long before European sources; the Spanish source 'Sebastián Cabotti' first mentioned them in 1576.

The iron-nickel alloy with its characteristic Widmanstätten structure formed through extremely slow cooling in the asteroid's core, with an estimated cooling rate of 1°C per million years over millions of years.

The hand-set 925 sterling silver bail follows classic European goldsmith tradition. The pendant is ready to wear and suitable for daily use; sterling silver protects the oxidation-sensitive iron from direct contact with perspiration.

A collector's item from Argentina with a documented Mocoví-Spanish-European provenance history.