[meteorite-list] Santiago del Estero - Campo?

From: ensoramanda at ntlworld.com <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:27:37 +0000
Message-ID: <20100314212737.I4XFU.114230.root_at_web02-winn.ispmail.private.ntl.com>

Hi Mike,

Santiago del Estero is one of the provinces that the Campo strewn field crosses...the other is Chaco. Supposedly meteorites from that province are..or were.. legal to sell/export...but not sure since all the changes recently

see here...

http://www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca/Information/Expo_Meteorites/Vedettes/campodelcielo_a.html

Hope that helps...

Graham E, UK

---- Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Has anyone ever heard of an iron from Argentina called "Santiago del Estero" ?
>
> This seller is offering several shattered-crystal type iron specimens
> (that look like Campo) and they are being offered as "Santiago del
> Estero iron meteorite", and the price is $1/gram.
>
> Is this seller misinformed, or am I misinformed?
>
> I check the Met Bulletin, and there is no record of Santiago del Estero.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-METEORITE-specimen-63-grams_W0QQitemZ190380407137QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c538e7961
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
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Received on Sun 14 Mar 2010 05:27:37 PM PDT