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Sayh al Uhaymir 516

Basic information

Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 516
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 516
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass: 115.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 9 Jul 2012

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	desert plain
Date:	20 Feb 2009
Latitude:	20°21.389'N
Longitude:	56°32.931'E
Mass (g):	115.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	17.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6
Classifier:	F. Zurfluh, Bern; B. Hofmann, NMBE; E. Gnos, MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):	115.5
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	U. Eggenberger, E. Gnos, E. Janots, F. Zurfluh
Comments:	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)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)

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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° 21' 23"N, 56° 32' 56"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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