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Sayh al Uhaymir 094

Basic information

Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 094
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 094
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass: 223 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]

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Comments:

Approved 22 Feb 2006
Revised 3 Jun 2009: Another try at right lat; 2008-09-12: Corrected latitude again; 2006-02-22 MetBase latitude correcte

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Writeup from MB 85:

Sayh al Uhaymir 094

Oman

Found 2001 February 8

Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite)

A 223.3 g partially crusted stone was found in the same area as Sayh al Uhaymir 005, 008, and 051 by Marc Hauser and Lorenz Moser (Bern) during a search for meteorites. All samples may be paired. Mineralogy and classification (E. Gnos, Institute for Geological Sciences, Bern; B. Hofmann, NMB): a grey-greenish rock with a gabbro-like texture; olivine phenocrysts (average maximum dimension = 1.5 mm) display shock-twinning, mosaicism, and, locally, oxidation; optically clear parts of olivines (Fo_65–69) occur in a finegrained (average maximum grain size = 0.3 mm) groundmass consisting of maskelynite (An_55–64Or_5–9) and pigeonite (En_60–68Wo_7–9) with minor augite, chromite and pyrrhotite; partially recrystallized veins and pockets of shock-melted glass containing vescicles are abundant; x-ray tomography revealed ~0.4 vol% of pores up to 3 mm in size; shock stage, S5; weathering grade, W1; small rusty pockets are Fe-hydroxide replacements of an unknown pre-existing phase. Oxygen isotopes (I. Franchi, OU): δ₁₇O = +2.51·, δ₁₈O = +4.29·, ∆₁₇O = +0.28·. Specimens: all in NMB.

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 261:

Date:	8 Feb 2001
Latitude:	20°59.469'N
Longitude:	57°20.326'E
Mass (g):	223.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	Martian

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O isotopes:

Institutions
and collections

OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)
NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

Oman

Oman

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(20° 59'N, 57° 20'E)
Recommended::	(20° 59' 28"N, 57° 20' 20"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 111.6 km apart
Note: the MetBase and recommended coordinates are 110.7 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1780 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4526 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 419 unapproved names)

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