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Al Huwaysah 013
Basic information Name: Al Huwaysah 013
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 55.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6532 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 24 Nov 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Az Zahirah
Origin or pseudonym:desert plain
Date:2010 Jan 04
Latitude:22°41.054'N
Longitude:55°20.191'E
Mass (g):55.51
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.4 (by X-ray diffraction, ±1 mol% Fa)
Classifier:F. Zurfluh, Bern; B. Hofmann, NMBE; and E. Gnos, MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):55.512
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:U. Eggenberger, E. Gnos, N. Greber, F. Zurfluh
Comments:Likely paired with Al Huwaysah 014.; 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::   (22° 41' 3"N, 55° 20' 11"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Az Zahirah, Oman
     This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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