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Ramlat as Sahmah 206

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 206
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 206
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass: 251 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	L3.4
Recommended:			L3.4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 52 approved meteorites classified as L3.4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 1 Sep 2006

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 5
  Line 176:

Date:	2003 Jan 15
Latitude:	20°37.230'N
Longitude:	56°08.714'E
Mass (g):	251
Pieces:	6
Class:	L3.4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.5-27.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.8-21.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.7-1.7
Classifier:	A. Al-Kathiri, E. Gnos, Institute of Geological Sciences, Bern; B. Hofmann, Natural History Museum Bern, Analyst E. Gnos, Bern
Type spec mass (g):	251
Type spec location:	Bern
Finder:	A. Al-Kathiri, M. Eggimann, B. Hofmann, Krähenbühl
Comments:	–1.7 Cpx

Institutions
and collections

Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 37' 14"N, 56° 8' 43"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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