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| Basic information | Name: Hajmah (a) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1958 Country: Oman Mass:  596 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 630 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE HAJMAH, OMAN, STONY METEORITE Name: HAJMAH Place of find: Hajmah area, Jiddat al Harasis, Oman. 19°55'N., 56015'E., approximately. Date of find: Before 1958. Class and type: Stone. Achondrite, ureilite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 596 g Circumstances of find: The stone was found during oil prospecting in the Hajmah area before 1958. The coordinates given are those of Haima oil bore, now called Hajmah. Source: R. Hutchison, 1977. A crystalline ureilite from Omah. Meteoritics 12, 263 (abs.). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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