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Sayh al Uhaymir 143
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 143
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 143
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Oman
Mass:help 142.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 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:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 319:
Date:1 Jan 2002
Latitude:21°03'25.3"N
Longitude:57°17'59.0"E
Mass (g):142.43
Pieces:2
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):22
Wollastonite (mol%):1.87
Classifier:Bart and P. Appel, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):19.6
Type spec location:Vernad
Institutions
   and collections
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (21° 3' 25"N, 57° 17' 59"E)

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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