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Ramlat as Sahmah 425
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 425
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 425
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 263 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (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 29 May 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1856:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Date:27 Nov 2011
Latitude:20°19.947'N
Longitude:56°28.417'E
Mass (g):263
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.5
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):23
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marcin Cimala
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 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° 19' 57"N, 56° 28' 25"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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