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Ramlat as Sahmah 400
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 400
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 400
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 11.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 May 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1835:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:desert plain
Date:2010 Feb 2
Latitude:20°11.514'N
Longitude:55°40.778'E
Mass (g):11.61
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7
Classifier:F. Zurfluh (IFGBE), B. Hofmann (NMBE), and E. Gnos (MHNGE)
Type spec mass (g):11.61
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:A. Bretscher, B. Hofmann, C. Opitz, R. Trappitsch, F. Zurfluh
Comments: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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 11' 31"N, 55° 40' 47"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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