On Offer: 89.0 gram Gebel Kamil Meteorite

Official Name: Gebel Kamil

Location of find: Egypt

Year Found : 2009

Classification : Iron, ungrouped

Description:

This is an amazing 89.0 gram complete sculptured specimen of the Gebel Kamil Iron Meteorite from Egypt with official name Gebel Kamil. This Gebel Kamil meteorite is a great addition to any collection and makes a great gift.

History: A total of about 1600 kg of iron meteorite shrapnel (thousands of pieces), ranging in mass from < 1 to 35,000 g, plus a single 83 kg individual completely covered with well developed regmaglypts, was found in and around the 45 m diameter Kamil impact crater by an Italian-Egyptian geophysical team in February 2009 and February 2010. Approximately 800 kg of the total mass observed in the field (the regmaglypted individual inclusive) was recovered. The Kamil crater was identified by V. De Michele, former curator of the Natural History Museum in Milan, Italy. The geophysical survey was carried out within the framework of the "2009 Italian-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology".

What you get: 89.0 gram Gebel Kamil ungrouped iron meteorite as shown and signed Certificate of Authenticity.

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Gebel KamilBasic informationName: Gebel Kamil
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Egypt
Mass: 1.6 t
Classification
history:Meteoritical Bulletin: MB98 (2010) Iron, ungroupedRecommended:

Iron, ungrouped

This is 1 of 145 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped.

Comments:Approved 12 Jul 2010Writeup
Writeup from MB98 :

Gebel Kamil 22 0106"N, 26 0516"E

East Uweinat Desert, Egypt

Found: 19 February 2009

Classification: Iron meteorite (ungrouped)

History: A total of about 1600 kg of iron meteorite shrapnel (thousands of pieces), ranging in mass from < 1 to 35,000 g, plus a single 83 kg individual completely covered with well developed regmaglypts, was found in and around the 45 m diameter Kamil impact crater by an Italian-Egyptian geophysical team in February 2009 and February 2010. Approximately 800 kg of the total mass observed in the field (the regmaglypted individual inclusive) was recovered. The Kamil crater was identified by V. De Michele, former curator of the Natural History Museum in Milan, Italy. The geophysical survey was carried out within the framework of the "2009 Italian-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology".

Physical characteristics: A 634 g type specimen, measuring 88 70 55 mm, is flattened and jagged shrapnel with a rough, dark-brown external surface. The surface originally sitting in the desert soil shows some oxy-hydroxides due to terrestrial weathering.

Petrography: (M. D Orazio, DST-PI; Luigi Folco, MNA-SI) Etched sections show an ataxitic structure interrupted on a cm-scale by crystals of schreibersite, troilite and daubreelite enveloped in swathing kamacite. Kamacite spindles (20 5 m wide) nucleated on tiny schreibersite crystals. The spindles form small aligned clusters and are rimmed by taenite. The matrix is a duplex plessite made of approximately the same proportion of kamacite and taenite lamellae (1-5 m in thickness) arranged in a micro-Widmanst tten pattern. Many sections show, particularly close to the external surface, shear dislocations offsetting the plessitic matrix and the crystals of the accessory phases by several millimeters.

Geochemistry: Composition of the metal (ICP-MS; D Orazio and Folco, 2003) is Co = 0.75, Ni = 19.8 (both in wt%), Cu = 464, Ga = 49, Ge = 121, As = 15.6, Mo = 9.1, Ru = 2.11, Rh = 0.75, Pd = 4.8, Sn = 2.49, Sb = 0.26, W = 0.66, Re = 0.04, Ir = 0.39, Pt = 3.5, Au = 1.57 (all in ppm).

Classification: (M. D Orazio, DST-PI; Luigi Folco, MNA-SI) Iron meteorite (ungrouped), Ni-rich ataxite, extensive shear deformation and low weathering.

Specimens: Type specimens of approximately 15 kg and one section at MNA-SI; approximately 5 kg at DST-PI. Main mass of the recovered specimens at Egyptian Geological Museum (Mineral Resources Authority), Cairo, Egypt.

Bibliography:

• DOrazio M. and Folco L. (2003) Chemical analysis of iron meteorites by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Geostand. Newslett. 27, 215-225.

Data from:
MB98
Table 1
Line 4:State/Prov/County:Al Wadi al Jadid, East Uweinat DesertDate:19 Feb 2009Latitude:22 0106"NLongitude:26 0516"EMass (g):1600000Pieces:1000sClass:Iron, ungroupedClassifier:M. D Orazio, Luigi FolcoType spec mass (g):1500Type spec location:MNA-SIMain mass:EGMFinder:V. De MicheleComments:Submitted by FolcoInstitutions
and collectionsDST-PI: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dellAntartide, Universit di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
EGM: Egyptian Geological Museum, Atar El Nabi, Miser El Kadima, P.O. Box 11521, Cairo, Egypt (institutional address)
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Weight (lbs.): 0.50 lb

Length (in.): 12

Width (in.): 10

Height (in.): 3