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Sayh al Uhaymir 101
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 101
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 101
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1704 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 197:
Date:2000
Latitude:21°03.182'N
Longitude:57°15.763'E
Mass (g):1704
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.8
Classifier:A. Greshake (MNB)
Type spec mass (g):29
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (21° 3'N, 57° 16'E)
     Recommended::   (21° 3' 11"N, 57° 15' 46"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 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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