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| Basic information | Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 511 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: SaU 511 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Oman Mass:  266 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 597 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 21 Sep 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Sayh al Uhaymir 511 (SaU 511) 20°53.764’N, 56°55.564’E Al Wusta, Oman Found: 20 Jan 2009 Classification: Ureilite History: Two fragments of 226.55 and 39.65 g were found during a search for meteorites by N. Dalcher, N. Greber, B. Hofmann, S. Lorenzetti and F. Zurfluh. Physical characteristics: Elongated brown stone and smaller fragment without fusion crust, combined mass 266.2 g. Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE, F. Zurfluh IFGBE, E. Gnos, MHNGE): The rock shows an equigranular texture with 0.5-2 mm grain size and consists of olivine with subordinate Ca-rich pyroxene (pigeonite). The px/(ol+px)-ratio is ~0.2. Common carbon-platelets (up to 0.2 × 2 mm), showing some parallel orientation, consist of graphite and diamond (2-10 μm in size). Accessory phases are Fe and troilite. Glass inclusions occur in reduced rims of olivine grains. The shock grade of silicates is S2. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa21.2 to nearly pure forsterite in reduced rims; pigeonite Fs17.9Wo10.1. Bulk analysis shows Fe/Mn (wt) = 47.7, Ni = 1380 ppm. Specimens: All at NMBE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern
Bernastrasse 15
CH-3005 Bern
Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012) MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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