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Qulumat Nadqan 001

Basic information

Name: Qulumat Nadqan 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Saudi Arabia
Mass: 13.9 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 98	(2010)	L3.7
Recommended:			L3.7 [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.7. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 11 Feb 2010

Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 217:

State/Prov/County:	Ash Sharqiyah
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert plain
Date:	21-Mar-2008
Latitude:	23°8.581'N
Longitude:	49°31.951'E
Mass (g):	13901
Pieces:	6
Class:	L3.7
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.9-27.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.8-21.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.2-2.1
Classifier:	E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):	36
Type spec location:	MHNGE
Main mass:	SGS
Finder:	E. Gnos, B. Hofmann, M. Halawani, Y. Tarabulsi, M. Hakeemmann, M. Halawani, Y. Tarabulsi, M. Hakeem
Comments:	petr. grade based on cathodoluminescence, mean chondrule size 0.60 mm, bulk Fe 20.5 wt%; submitted by Beda Hofmann

Institutions
and collections

MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)
SGS: Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (institutional address; updated 11 Feb 2010)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)

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Geography:

Saudi Arabia

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(23° 8' 35"N, 49° 31' 57"E)

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 113 approved meteorites from Saudi Arabia (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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