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Sayh al Uhaymir 081
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 081
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 081
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 385 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [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 254:
Date:May 2000
Latitude:21°3'6.6" N
Longitude:57°16'10.8"E
Mass (g):385
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5
Classifier:M. Genge (NHM)
Type spec mass (g):33.6
Main mass:A. Prokopenkov, 4 Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury, Maldon, Essex, UK
Institutions
   and collections		 NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (21° 3' 7"N, 57° 16' 11"E)
     Recommended::   (21° 3' 7"N, 57° 16' 11"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 13.7 m 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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