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

[Mirko Graul]

Hi List, MikeG and Jason,

yes,i agree with Jason.
Maybe even 40 tons more realistic.
Yes, all the pieces found so far are from the surface of the desert.
All pieces are found in the soil will no longer be so beautiful.
These will be completely rusty.

@MikeG:
Also a Iron ungrouped can be a ataxite!
Looks to Chinga or Tishomingo.
Both meteorites are ataxites and also Iron ungrouped.
And by Gebel Kamil you can read under classification:

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

Greetings to all,

Mirko
            

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--- Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> schrieb am Di, 13.7.2010:

> Von: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil iron is official now - 1.6 metric tons!?!?
> An: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Datum: Dienstag, 13. Juli, 2010 03:48 Uhr
> 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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