Specimen Record TC-00057

Specimen Record
TC-00057

Gebel Kamil · Iron, ungrouped · 793.84 g

This page is the permanent record for the specimen bearing serial TC-00057. 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-00057
Meteorite
Gebel Kamil
Classification
Iron, ungrouped
Weight
793.84 g
Form
Whole shrapnel fragment, uncut
Find location
East Uweinat Desert, Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt. Found 19 February 2009.
Surface
Natural exterior; not cut, etched or coated. Iron oxide visible in recesses and on parts of the surface.
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)

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

Gebel Kamil ungrouped iron meteorite, 793.84 g, uncut whole shrapnel with a tapering spur, beside a scale cube
Main view, with the tapering spur extending to the right.
Gebel Kamil ungrouped iron meteorite, 793.84 g, view from above showing the broad body narrowing to a long pointed spur
Seen from above, the body narrowing into the long spur.
Gebel Kamil ungrouped iron meteorite, 793.84 g, cupped hollow framed by raised, torn rims
The cupped hollow framed by raised, torn rims.
Gebel Kamil ungrouped iron meteorite, 793.84 g, close-up of fine parallel striations on a sheared face
Close-up of fine parallel striations on the sheared face.
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 8 November 2026. Classification data reproduced from the Meteoritical Bulletin entry cited above.
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