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Sayh al Uhaymir 055
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 055
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 055
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 274 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 249:
Date:3 Aug 2000
Latitude:20°58.408' N
Longitude:57°18.297'E
Mass (g):274
Pieces:15
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):24.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Classifier:A. Bischoff (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):22
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
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° 18'E)
     Recommended::   (20° 58' 25"N, 57° 18' 18"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1753 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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