In Feb 2009 in the East
Uweinat Desert, Egypt a 45 meter crater was found by an Italian-Egyptian geophysical team.
A total of about 1600 kg of iron meteorite shrapnel were found around the
crater. In addition a single 83kg regmaglypted individual was
found. This meteorite is classified as an Iron meteorite (ungrouped).
"Petrography:
(M. D’Orazio, DST-PI;
Luigi Folco, MNA-SI) Etched sections show an ataxitic structure interrupted on a centimetric scale by
crystals of schreibersite, troilite and daubreelite enveloped in swathing
kamacite. Kamacite spindles (20 ± 5 μm wide) nucleated on tiny
schreibersite crystals. The spindles form small aligned clusters and are rimmed
by taenite. The matrix is a duplex plessite made of approximately the same
proportion of kamacite and taenite lamellae (1-5 μm in thickness) arranged
in a micro-Widmanstätten pattern. Many sections show, particularly close to the
external surface, shear dislocations offsetting the plessitic matrix and the
crystals of the accessory phases by several millimeters."
Meteoriticial
Society Database
The pieces below have an
exceptional patina as well as interesting shapes.
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$1600.00 |
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Weight 1068.9 grams. Measures about
125x90x30mm Pic2
Pic3 Pic4
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$1330.00 |
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Weight 889.2 grams. Measures about
115x60x45mm Pic2
Pic3
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$825.00 |
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Weight 550.3 grams. Measures about
103x60x28mm Pic2
Pic3
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$433.00 |
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Weight 288.91 grams. Measures about
65x50x20mm Pic2
Pic3 Pic4
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$383.00 |
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Weight 255.34 grams. Measures about
62x52x25mm Pic2
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$363.00 |
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Weight 242.40 grams. Measures about
60x55x22mm Pic2
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$292.00 |
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Weight 195.19 grams. Measures about
72x57x20mm Pic2
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$235.00 |
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Weight 157.10 grams. Measures about
65x40x16mm
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$111.00 |
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Weight 74.06 grams. Measures about
60x35x10mm Pic2
Pic3
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$72.50 |
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Weight 48.31 grams. Measures about
40x32x7mm Pic2
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