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]