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Jiddat al Harasis 479

Basic information

Name: Jiddat al Harasis 479
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 479
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Oman
Mass: 553 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	Basaltic shergottite
Recommended:			Martian (shergottite) [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 1 Sep 2009

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Writeup from MB 97:

Jiddat al Harasis 479 19°47.139’N, 55°51.21’E

Oman

Find: 2008

Basaltic shergottite

History: This meteorite was found in the desert of Oman.

Physical characteristics: One individual greenish-gray stone weighing 553 g, incompletely covered with black fusion crust.

Petrography: (M.A. Ivanova, C.A. Lorenz, Vernad): The meteorite is a coarse-grained rock of subophitic texture. It is composed of anhedral pigeonite and subhedral, elongated augite grains 1–2 mm in size, and isotropic feldspar lathes 40–60 mm wide and up to 1.5 mm long, between pyroxene gains. Minor phases are olivine, ilmenite, silica, orthoclase, apatite, whitlockite, zircon, pyrrhotite, and troilite. The fine-grained aggregates of clinopyroxene, olivine, and silica occur on the outer parts of pyroxene grains.

Geochemistry: (EPMA, N.N. Kononkova, Vernad): Pyroxenes are zoned, pigeonite En_2.0–40.6Wo_12.0–19.9(Fe⁄Mn = 41 at., Mg⁄(Mg + Fe) = 0.02–0.50 at.); augite En_14.7–46.0Wo_20.4–31.4(Fe⁄Mn = 28 at., Mg⁄(Mg + Fe) = 0.19–0.64 atom%), olivine Fo_3.8(Fe⁄Mn = 54.4 at.). Feldspar is non-stoichiometric maskelynite and varies in composition: An₇₆Ab₁₈Or_6–An₆₆Ab₃₁Or_3.

Concentrations of REEs (INAA, Vernad, ppm): La 1.4, Ce 3.36, Nd 2.18, Sm 0.77, Eu 0.24, Tb 0.21, Yb 1.27, Lu 0.25.

Oxygen isotopic composition (I.A. Franchi OU): δ¹⁷O = 2.951 ‰, δ¹⁸O = 5.070 ‰, Δ¹⁷O = 0.315‰.

Classification: Basaltic shergottite.

Specimens: A total of 25.7 g and one thin section are on deposit at Vernad. An anonymous finder holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 5
  Line 7:

State/Prov/County:	Oman
Date:	2008
Latitude:	19o47.139'N
Longitude:	55o51.21'E
Mass (g):	553
Pieces:	1
Class:	Basaltic shergottite
Ferrosilite (mol%):	28.1-47.4
Wollastonite (mol%):	12-19.9
Classifier:	M.A. Ivanova, C.A. Lorenz,
Type spec mass (g):	25.7
Type spec location:	Vernad
Main mass:	Anon
Comments:	(Franchi I.A. OU) d17O = 2.951 ‰, d18O = 5.070 ‰, D17O = 0.315 ‰.

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Institutions
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OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)

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Geography:

Oman

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(19° 47' 8"N, 55° 51' 13"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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