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Sayh al Uhaymir 220
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 220
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 220
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Oman
Mass:help 185.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 405:
Date:11 Nov 2002
Latitude:20°29.118'N
Longitude:57°12.855'E
Mass (g):185.358
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):15.7-22.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.3-25.5
Wollastonite (mol%):0.5-3.7
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB; analyst: E. Gnos and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Type spec location:NMB
Finder:M. Hauser and L. Moser
Comments:cpx
Institutions
   and collections		 NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 29' 7"N, 57° 12' 51"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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