Hi List! According to MetBull: "A single 83 kg individual completely covered with well developed regmaglypts" was found. Don't know if it was examined too.
Best wishes Ingo -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Martin Altmann Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010 14:31 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil iron is official now - 1.6 metric tons!?!? But is there a finest octahedrite among the chemical IAB/IIICD-complex....? And are there coarsest octahedrites to be found among the IVAs? I think, it's quite reasonable, not to give a structural type at that point of time for the Egypt iron, if there were only shrapnels found, respectively analyzed. Shrapnels by their nature are always ataxitic. Or was meanwhile a not so damaged individual found and examined? Best! Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Jeff Grossman Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010 13:48 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil iron is official now - 1.6 metric tons!?!? "Ataxite" is a structural term, like octahedrite and hexahedrite. Modern classification of iron meteorites is based on the chemical group, which can tell you something about the parent asteroid. The structural classification is quasi-independent of the chemical classification, inasmuch as members of each structural group can belong to multiple chemical groups. So "ataxite" has not been replaced with "iron, ungrouped." Both are correct. When I used to edit MetBull, the heading on the description of this meteorite would have said "Iron, ataxite (ungrouped)", but other editors have abandoned this. Jeff ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
