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

[Jason Utas]

Mike, Greg, All,
Just 1.6 tonnes?  It's a 40 meter crater.  Use some logic/physics.
Carancas made a 40 *foot* crater.  The low estimates of its mass were
in the 2-3 tonne range.  This crater is three times the diameter...
The amount that's there is going to be a lot more than 1,600 kg.  I'd
guess at least 10 tonnes or so, probably more.
Note how every fragment yet recovered was found on the surface of the
desert - every single piece has a nice side that is desert varnished
-- and they say they picked up only half of what was there...
Just wait 'till someone goes with a metal detector....
Regards,
Jason


On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks
<meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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