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 .
History In February 2009 and 2010, meteorite fragments with masses ranging from < to , plus an specimen, were found in and around a radius from Kamil Crater by an Italian-Egyptian geophysical team. About was recovered. The geophysical survey took place as part of the "2009 Italian-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology".
Mineralogy
The Gebel Kamil meteorite contains the minerals schreibersite and kamacite.
Classification The Gebel Kamil meteorite has been classified as an ataxite.
See also 2008 TC3 Glossary of meteoritics
References