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Ramlat as Sahmah 375
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 375
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 375
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 31.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L3.9-5
Recommended:  L3.9-5    [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L3.9-5.
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 11 Jul 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:desert plain
Date:2010 Jan 17
Latitude:20°29.693'N
Longitude:55°51.067'E
Mass (g):31.944
Pieces:1
Class:L3.9-5
Shock stage:S2-6
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):22.9±1.0 (21.8-24.2, n=30)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:F. Zurfluh, Bern; B. Hofmann, NMBE; and E. Gnos, MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):31.944
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:U. Eggenberger, E. Gnos, N. Greber, F. Zurfluh
Comments:CL color blue; max. Cr2O3 in ol = 0.7 wt%; brecciated; 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)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 29' 42"N, 55° 51' 4"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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