Gebel Kamil Small iron meteorite shrapnel 535g lot for Sale

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Gebel Kamil Small iron meteorite shrapnel 535g lot For Sale

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Gebel Kamil Small iron meteorite shrapnel 535g lot:
$413.45

For sale is a lot of rare, small examples of Gebel Kamil iron meteorites. They exhibit characteristic pitting on the surface, a beautiful desert patina and shrapnel like appearance. The specimens weigh 535 grams in total.

Name: Gebel Kamil

Observed fall: No

Year found: 19 February 2009

Country: East Uweinat Desert, Egypt

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".

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 μm 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 μm in thickness) arranged in a micro-Widmanstätten 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.

As a geologist and someone who has collected meteorites for many years, I can guarantee the authenticity of all of my specimens. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

The specimen will be sent via a tracked and signed for service with full insurance

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