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Ramlat as Sahmah 406
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 406
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 406
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 0.51 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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 1 May 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1840:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:desert plain
Date:2010 Feb 4
Latitude:20°13.143'N
Longitude:56°1.256'E
Mass (g):0.512
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):16.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:F. Zurfluh (IFGBE), B. Hofmann (NMBE), and E. Gnos (MHNGE)
Type spec mass (g):0.512
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° 13' 9"N, 56° 1' 15"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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