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Ramlat as Sahmah 366

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 366
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 366
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass: 15.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	L4-5
Recommended:			L4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 30 approved meteorites classified as L4-5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 1 May 2012

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1809:

State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	desert plain
Date:	2010 Jan 17
Latitude:	20°31.267'N
Longitude:	55°51.156'E
Mass (g):	15.8
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4-5
Shock stage:	S3-6
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	22.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.3
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2
Classifier:	F. Zurfluh (IFGBE), B. Hofmann (NMBE), and E. Gnos (MHNGE)
Type spec mass (g):	15.8
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	U. Eggenberger, E. Gnos, N. Greber, F. Zurfluh
Comments:	breccia; submitted by Beda 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. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 31' 16"N, 55° 51' 9"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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