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Sayh al Uhaymir 067
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 067
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 067
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.87 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5-6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L5-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5-6
Recommended:  L5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 67 approved meteorites classified as L5-6.   [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 251:
Date:Jan 2000
Latitude:20°2.6'N
Longitude:57°16.7'E
Mass (g):2866
Pieces:12
Class:L5-6
Shock stage:S1/2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6
Classifier:M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov and S. Afanasiev (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):873
Comments:br
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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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° 3'N, 57° 17'E)
     Recommended::   (20° 2' 36"N, 57° 16' 42"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

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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