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Wadi El Gamal | |||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Wadi El Gamal This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1974 Country: Egypt Mass: 98 g | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 341 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Sep 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Wadi El Gamal Egypt Purchased: 1974 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB) History: Qarabawi’s Camel Charm was acquired from Abdullah Qarabawi of the Ababda tribe of eastern Egypt and donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1974 by the Geological Society of Egypt. Although the location of the meteorite find is not known, it was found by the Ababda tribe. Wadi El Gamal, translated as the Valley of the Camel, is the name of a 7000 km2 national park, which can be found on the edge of the Red Sea, within the traditional homelands of the Ababda. A heritage center opened in this park in 2006 dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Ababda. Physical characteristics: The charm consists of an ~6.5 cm flattened disk (thickness 5 mm) with the Arabic inscription "Allahu Akbar", which translates as "God is Greatest." Attached to the charm are four links, also made of meteoritic material. Petrography: Non-destructive analyses of the disk and metallographic examination of the distal link reveal a deformed medium octahedral pattern, confirming the meteoritic origin of the Camel Charm. Geochemistry: Major, minor, and trace element compositions are consistent with classification as a IIIAB iron. Fe 91.75 wt %, Ni 7.76 wt %, P 0.09 wt %, Co 0.01; Ir (14.63 ppm, LA-ICP-MS), Ni (7.76 wt%, microprobe analyses), Ga (28.5 ppm LA-ICP-MS), and Ge (38.0 ppm LA-ICP-MS). Classification: Iron, IIIAB | ||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) TCU: Oscar E. Monnig Collection, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Feb 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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