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Sayh al Uhaymir 051
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 051
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 051
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 436 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Martian (shergottite)
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  Martian (basaltic shergottite)
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Shergottite-basaltic (ol phyric)
Recommended:  Martian (shergottite)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 307 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite).   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 85:

Sayh al Uhaymir 051

Oman

Found 2000 August 1

Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite)

A 436 g stone was found close to the locations of Sayh al Uhaymir 005 and 008. All three samples may be paired. Mineralogy and classification (A. Bischoff, Mün): has a porphyritic texture with large olivine phenocrysts (Fo61–68) embedded in a groundmass of pyroxene (En60–68Wo7–12) and maskelynite (An59–67); shock stage, S5; calcite veins were observed, probably due to terrestrial weathering. Specimens: type specimen, 11 g, Mün; main mass with anonymous finder.

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 245:
Date:1 Aug 2000
Latitude:20°58.435' N
Longitude:57°19.248'E
Mass (g):436
Pieces:1
Class:Martian
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (20° 58'N, 57° 19'E)
     Recommended::   (20° 58' 26"N, 57° 19' 15"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1759 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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