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Sayh al Uhaymir 180
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 180
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 180
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Oman
Mass:help 556 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2104 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Type spec location:NAU* type specimen now at ROM. 25.7 g plus one polished thin section at ROM.
Comments:Work name 362, thin section PIL1
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 6
  Line 79:
Date:2004
Latitude:20°32'53.4"N
Longitude:56°40'45.5"E
Mass (g):556
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6
Classifier:
Type spec mass (g):28.8
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU*: Collection discontinued. Specimens redistributed as shown in individual meteorite records, United States (institutional address; updated 24 Jun 2024)
ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 32' 53"N, 56° 40' 46"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1780 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4526 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 419 unapproved names)
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