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Jiddat al Harasis 641
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 641
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 641
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 25.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 24 Oct 2011
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Writeup from MB 100:

Jiddat al Harasis 641 (JaH 641)        19°00’27.2"N, 55°10’28.9"E

Zufar, Oman

Found: 2011 Mar 9

Classification: Ureilite

Petrography: Fairly fresh medium grained, protogranular aggregate of twinned Ca-poor pigeonite and olivine (Cr2O3=0.5 wt.%), both of which exhibit reduced rims with blebby metallic iron inclusions and probably some associated graphite and/or microdiamond. Some metallic iron also occurs along grain boundaries.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 523:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:2011 Mar 9
Latitude:19°00'27.2"N
Longitude:55°10'28.9"E
Mass (g):25.3
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):11.7-11.9; rims 3.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.9-10.0
Wollastonite (mol%):4.4
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):5.2
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:Anonymous
Comments:Submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
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UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 0' 27"N, 55° 10' 29"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 26 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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