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Rub' al-Khali 001
Basic information Name: Rub' al-Khali 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1955
Country: Saudi Arabia
Mass:help 490 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 7
  Line 1:
Date:mid 1950s
Mass (g):>490
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Fayalite (mol%):18.9 ± 0.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7 ± 0.6
Wollastonite (mol%):0.44 ± 0.04
Classifier:UAz
Type spec mass (g):90
Comments:One of these meteorites was found in 1955 May, the other on an unknown date.
Institutions
   and collections		 UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Geography:

Saudi Arabia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (20°N, 50°E)
     Recommended::   (20°N, 50°E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites from Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Saudi Arabia (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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