Gebel Kamil | |
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Type | Iron |
Structural classification | Ataxite [1] |
Group | Ungrouped [2] |
Composition | Nickel 19.7% [1] |
Country | Egypt [2] |
Region | Al Wadi al Jadid, East Uweinat Desert |
Coordinates | 22°01′06″N 26°05′16″E / 22.01833°N 26.08778°E [2] |
Observed fall | No [2] |
Found date | 2009-02-19 [2] |
TKW | 1,600 kilograms (3,500 lb) [2] |
Strewn field | Yes |
A slice of the Gebel Kamil meteorite showing
schreibersite rimmed by
kamacite. | |
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Gebel Kamil is a meteorite that struck Egypt later than 3000 BC, leaving a crater surrounded by thousands of pieces of iron shrapnel with a total weight of about 1,600 kilograms (3,500 lb). [2]
In February 2009 and 2010, meteorite fragments with masses ranging from < 1 gram (0.035 oz) to 35 kilograms (77 lb), plus an 83 kilograms (183 lb) specimen, were found in and around a 45 metres (148 ft) radius from Kamil Crater by an Italian-Egyptian geophysical team. [2] About 800 kilograms (1,800 lb) was recovered. [2] The geophysical survey took place as part of the "2009 Italian-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology". [2]
The Gebel Kamil meteorite contains the minerals schreibersite and kamacite.
The Gebel Kamil meteorite has been classified as an ataxite.