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| Basic information | Name: Kharga This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: Egypt Mass:  1040 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 86 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Kharga Marsa Matruh, Egypt Found 2000 May 8 Iron, fine octahedrite (IVA) A 1.04 kg iron meteorite was found by a meteorite hunter on a limestone plateau. Description and classification (G. Weckwerth, Köln; J. Otto, Frei; R. Bartoschewitz, Bart; A. Gehler, Wolfsburg, Germany): kamacite bandwidth 0.3 ± 0.2 mm; bulk metal has Ni = 11.0 wt%, Ga = 1.6 ppm, Ge < 2 ppm, Ir = 0.24 ppm. Specimens: main mass, 989 g, A. Gehler, Reichenberger Ring 3, D-38440 Wolfsburg, Germany; 22.5 g, Bart; type specimen, 18.7 g, Frei. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address) Köln: Universität zu Köln, Institut für Mineralogie und Geochemie, Zülpicher Straße 49 b, 50674 Köln, Germany (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) Gehler: A. Gehler, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany , Germany (private address; updated 10 Jun 2015) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Marsa Matruh, Egypt This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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