| Gebel Kamil | |
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Some pieces of the Gebel Kamil iron meteorite.
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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 / 22.01833; 26.08778[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]
In February 2009 and 2010, meteorite fragments with masses ranging from < 1 gram (0.035 oz) to 35 kilograms (77 lb), plus an 83 kilograms (183 lb) specimen, were found in and around a 45 metres (148 ft) radius from Kamil Crater by an Italian-Egyptian geophysical team.[2] About 800 kilograms (1,800 lb) was recovered.[2] The geophysical survey took place as part of the "2009 Italian-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology".[2]
The Gebel Kamil meteorite contains the minerals schreibersite and kamacite.
The Gebel Kamil meteorite has been classified as an ataxite.
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