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Wabar

Basic information

Name: Wabar
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1863
Country: Saudi Arabia
Mass: 2.55 t

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IIIAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIA
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all]
Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites

Buchwald

The following entries were found for Wabar in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Wabar, volume 3, page 1269

Entry for synonym Nejed, volume 3, page 1273

Catalogs:

Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):	Require SI photo
Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.):	Require NHM photo

References:

Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Matteo Chinellato
Sergey Vasiliev - SV-meteorites
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
akira1988
DCOM
Dominik Stoeckli
Dott. Geol. Alberto Giusta
Jay Piatek
John Lutzon
Lars Collection
MeteoriteCollector.org - FCOM - Russ Finney
Michael S. Scherman
Mirko Graul
Seb Xaar
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

Saudi Arabia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(21° 29' 59"N, 50° 28' 20"E)
Recommended::	(21° 29' 59"N, 50° 28' 20"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 m apart

Strewnfield map: Google Earth

Wabar _maps.kmz

Statistics:
This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites from Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Saudi Arabia (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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Synonyms

al-Hadida (In NHM Cat)
Nedzed (In NHM Cat)
Nejd (In NHM Cat)
Nejed (In NHM Cat)
Wadee Banee Khaled (In NHM Cat)
Wanee Banee Khaled (In NHM Cat)

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