El Chiflón meteorite
El Chiflón is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron?, that was found in Argentina.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- El Chiflón
- Classification
- Iron?
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- Not recorded
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Argentina
- Coordinates
- 29.4333° S, 66.8333° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near El Chiflón
- Los Sauces Iron · 2 km away
- Agua Blanca Iron, IIIAB · 59 km away
- Puerta de Arauco Iron · 63 km away
- Campo de Pucara (iron) Iron · 198 km away
- El Simbolar Iron · 230 km away
- Cruz del Eje Iron, IAB complex · 246 km away