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Ramlat as Sahmah 001
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass:help 97.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 347:
Date:9 Jan 2003
Latitude:20°12.138'N
Longitude:56°22.001'E
Mass (g):97.533
Pieces:3
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB; analyst: E. Gnos and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Type spec location:NMB
Finder:A. AL-Kathiri, B. Hofmann, M. Eggiman, U. Krähenbühl
Institutions
   and collections		 NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 12' 8"N, 56° 22' 0"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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Synonymshelp: Ramadah al Sahmah 001 (From MetBase)

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