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United Arab Emirates 005
Basic information Name: United Arab Emirates 005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: UAE 005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: United Arab Emirates
Mass:help 212 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Jan 2010
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 231:
State/Prov/County:Abu Dhabi
Origin or pseudonym:interdunal plane
Date:24-Feb-2009
Latitude:22°41'58.0"N
Longitude:55°05'42.1"E
Mass (g):212
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):20.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.6
Classifier:Smith/Hezel
Type spec mass (g):22.34
Type spec location:NHM
Main mass:EAD
Comments:Submitted by Hezel
Institutions
   and collections
NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
EAD: Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, P.O Box 45553 , United Arab Emirates (institutional address; updated 28 Jan 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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United Arab Emirates
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 41' 58"N, 55° 5' 42"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 32 approved meteorites from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
     This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from United Arab Emirates
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