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Ramlat as Sahmah 323

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 323
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 323
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass: 161.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	L3-6
Recommended:			L3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites classified as L3-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 21 Sep 2012

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	desert plain
Date:	19 Feb 2009
Latitude:	20°47.944'N
Longitude:	55°25.482'E
Mass (g):	161.8
Pieces:	35
Class:	L3-6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24.2±2.2 (6.2-31.5, n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.0 (0.4-22.7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5 (0.3-2.1)
Classifier:	F. Zurfluh IFGBE, B. Hofmann NMBE, E. Gnos MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):	161.8
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	U. Eggenberger, E. Gnos, E. Janots, F. Zurfluh
Comments:	CL colors red-blue; max. Cr2O3 in olivine = 0.4 wt%; breccia; submitted by B.A. Hofmann

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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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 47' 57"N, 55° 25' 29"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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