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Umm as Samim 001
Basic information Name: Umm as Samim 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: UaS 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1847 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 203:
Date:2 Apr 2001
Latitude:21°19.1'N
Longitude:56°25.0'E
Mass (g):1847
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:S. Afanasiev (Vernad) and A. Ulianov (MSUR)
Type spec mass (g):295
Type spec location:similar sized specimens also at MSUR
Institutions
   and collections		 MSUR: Department of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobjovy Gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia (institutional address; updated 1 Mar 2011)
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (21° 19'N, 56° 25'E)
     Recommended::   (21° 19' 6"N, 56° 25' 0"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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