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Basic information | Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 150 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: SaU 150 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Oman Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 293 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). [show all] Search for other: Martian meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Revised 15 Sep 2008: Corrected mistranscription of latitude from MB87 table | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 87:
Sayh al Uhaymir 150 Al Ghaba, Oman Found 2002 October 8 Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite) A 107.7 g olive-brown colored stone of relatively angular shape with one small area of thin black-brown fusion crust was recovered on a Miocene fresh-water limestone gravel plateau about 43 km south of Al Ghaba by Rainer and Sven Bartoschewitz. Mineralogy and classification (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel): porphyritic texture with olivine phenocrysts up to 2 mm (Fo67–64) set in a matrix consisting of feldspathic glass (An53– 66Or0.3–0.8) and pigeonite (En62–69Wo7–11) with minor Ca-poor pyroxene (En65–66Fs34–35). Shock melt veins and pockets are partly recrystallized. Shock stage, S5. Oxygen isotopic composition (R.N. Clayton, UChi): δ17O = +2.78‰, δ18O = +4.74‰, they fall in the SNC field. SaU 005, 008, 051, 060, and 094 were found in the same area and may be paired. Specimens: 17.7 g Muzeum Ziemi PAN, al. Na Skarpie 27, PL- Warszawa, 2.7 g Kiel, main mass Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB87 Table 4 Line 325: |
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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) UChi: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2011) 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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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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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