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South American native axe head made from iron meteorite (approx. 5000-10,000 years old), very rare.

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South American native axe head made from iron meteorite (approx. 5000-10,000 years old), very rare.
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South American native axe head made from iron meteorite (approx. 5000-10,000 years old), very rare. 393 grams, roughly 3-1/2" x 2" x 1-1/4". A crude axe head with one end sharpened into a (dull) blade and the other end with a groove for inserting into a wooden handle, clearly well worn from use and with minor pitting and patination as expected, nearly identical to stone specimens found all over the Americas but quite rare and remarkable as made out of a meteorite fragment. While we do not know the exact origin of this piece, it is interesting to note that pieces like this were the reason the Spanish found the famous Campo del Cielo meteorite field in Argentina in 1576, for it was observed that the local natives had iron tools and weapons despite a lack of natural iron resources.