[meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil iron is official now - 1.6 metric tons!?!?

[Greg Catterton]

Wow, thats quite a bit of material!
anyone have a small 5-10g sample they would be interested in trading?

Greg Catterton
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--- On Mon, 7/12/10, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil iron is official now - 1.6 metric tons!?!?
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 9:48 PM
> Hi List,
> 
> The new Egyptian iron is now official and in the Met
> Bulletin
> database.  Notice the TKW!  1.6 metric
> tons!  That is a lot of
> fragments.
> 
> Also notice the classification type - iron ungrouped. 
> Not "ataxite".
> Although the write-up does say the meteorite shows an
> "ataxitic
> structure".
> 
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=52031
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> MikeG
> 
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