Our Pens
All of our pens here at MeteoritePens have one thing in common. The barrels are crafted incorporating actual material from a meteorite that has been traveling across the cosmos, in space, for perhaps billions of years. It crashed to earth in a fireball, 4,000-6,000 years ago, before being discovered more than 400 years ago. The meteorite is called the Campo del Cielo meteorite.
The Campo del Cielo was first discovered in 1576 in the Gran Chaco Gualamba region of Northern Argentina. It was found on an open, brush covered, waterless plain. The Indians named the area, Campo del Cielo, or Field of Heaven. They believed the rocks came from the sky, or heaven. Meteorites are traditionally named after the location where they are found, hence the name. Pieces of this meteorite were found scattered over a large area. Many fine examples of the Campo del Cielo now rest in the collections of museums and collectors all over the world.
Scientifically, the Campo del Cielo is classified as a coarse octahedrite meteorite. It is made primarily of nickel-iron. Iron (Fe) is the predominate mineral. It contains about 6.68% Ni, 0.43% Co, 0.25% P and traces of other elements. It is estimated that less than 5% of the meteorites that land on earth are of the nickel-iron variety.
We have 3 styles of pens to offer:
| Our Stardust pen features a black, resin barrel filled with meteoritic material from the Campo del Cielo. |
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Our Reach for the Stars pen features the same barrel with stars on the upper half and, on one model, a ring on the bottom. All made with Campo del Cielo. |
Our Limited
Edition Apollo 11 pen, commemorates the 40th Anniversary
of the first steps ever taken by Mankind on the moon. It also features
the black barrel with stars on the upper section. On the bottom half,
the Apollo 11 is also made with Campo del Cielo material. A tiny grain
of actual lunar meteorite is inserted in the lettering of
Apollo. |
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