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| Basic information | Name: Shişr 007 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Oman Mass:  9.02 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 647 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Has cedilla under second s | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 86:
Shişr 007 Dhofar, Oman Found 2001 April 9 Achondrite (ureilite) A single stone of 4.258 kg, partly covered in fusion crust, was recovered during a natural science expedition on a gravel plateau west of Wadi Ghadun. A further individual of 3.099 kg plus 12 fragments of between 2 and 530 g (total: 1.667 kg) have been recovered within a 27 m radius. Classification (F. Wlotzka, MPI; Rainer Bartoschewitz, Bart): composed of coarse (1-3 mm), equigranular olivine (cores Fa19.4, Cr2O3 0.55%) and pigeonite (Fs17.4, Wo 9.0, Cr2O3 1.2%). Olivine grain rims reduced to Fa11, they contain finely disseminated metal grains. Carbonaceous matter occurs as narrow, intergranular veins. Moderately shocked, with mosaicism in olivine. Specimens: type specimens, 18 g, MPI; 557 g Vernad; main mass, 4217 g, Bart; nearly 4 kg with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB86 Table 2 Line 202: |
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| Institutions and collections |
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) MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4003 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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