Specimen Record
TC-00048
Gebel Kamil · Iron, ungrouped · 1039.06 g
This page is the permanent record for the specimen bearing serial TC-00048. It is issued by Treasure Coast Meteorite Co. as a reference for present and future owners. The photographs below show this specific specimen and are the primary means of verifying it.
Identification
Serial
TC-00048
Meteorite
Gebel Kamil
Classification
Iron, ungrouped
Weight
1039.06 g
Form
Whole shrapnel fragment, uncut
Find location
East Uweinat Desert, Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt. Found 19 February 2009.
Surface
Cleaned exterior; not cut, etched or coated. Traces of iron oxide in recesses.
Weathering grade
Low (per Meteoritical Bulletin writeup)
Classification record
Published in
Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010). Approved 12 Jul 2010.
Classifier
M. D'Orazio, Luigi Folco
Type specimen
Approximately 15 kg and one section at MNA-SI; approximately 5 kg at DST-PI
Total known weight
1.6 t (about 1,600 kg of shrapnel in thousands of pieces plus a single 83 kg individual; approximately 800 kg recovered)
Bulletin entry
Provenance
Recovered from in and around the 45 m Kamil impact crater, Egypt, where Italian-Egyptian geophysical teams located the material in February 2009 and February 2010. The Meteoritical Bulletin records the main mass of the recovered specimens at the Egyptian Geological Museum, Cairo. This specimen was acquired by Treasure Coast Meteorite Co.
Photographic record
On verification. The serial number on the accompanying certificate card is an index to this record. The photographs above and the stated weight are what identify this specimen. Meteorite surfaces, clast patterns and cut faces are individual to each stone, so a specimen can be compared directly against these images and weighed against the figure recorded here to two decimal places.
Record issued by Treasure Coast Meteorite Co., IMCA Member #3323, Hobe Sound, Florida.
Issued 11 October 2026. Classification data reproduced from the Meteoritical Bulletin entry cited above.
Questions regarding this record may be directed to brian@tcmeteorites.com.
Issued 11 October 2026. Classification data reproduced from the Meteoritical Bulletin entry cited above.
Questions regarding this record may be directed to brian@tcmeteorites.com.
