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Ramlat as Sahmah 426

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 426
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 426
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Oman
Mass: 92 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 5 Dec 2012

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	KG011
Date:	Feb/Mar 2011
Latitude:	20°06'47"N
Longitude:	56°23'51"E
Mass (g):	92
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Classifier:	S. Kuehner, UWS, and T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	18.6
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	finder
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	Found during a systematic search; submitted by P. Sipiera

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Michael S. Scherman

Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 6' 47"N, 56° 23' 51"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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