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Sayh al Uhaymir 565

Basic information

Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 565
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 565
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass: 1953 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 17 Nov 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Sayh al Uhaymir 565 (SaU 565) 20.552°N, 56.692°E

Al Wusta, Oman

Found: 2011 Mar

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Found by an anonymous prospector in March 2011.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fairly large chondrules (0.5-1.9 mm) in a stained matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_6.1-45.3), orthopyroxene (Fs_10.8Wo_2.5; Fs_19.9Wo_0.6), clinopyroxene (Fs_6.5-6.6Wo_46.9-46.3). Oxygen isotopes (K. Ziegler, UNM) Analyses of acid-washed subsamples by laser fluorination gave, respectively δ¹⁷O 3.770, 3.671; δ¹⁸O 4.950, 4.941; Δ¹⁷O 1.156, 1.062 per mil.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3).

Specimens: Type specimen plus one polished thin section at PSF; main mass with anonymous collector.

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Date:	2011 Mar
Latitude:	20.552°N
Longitude:	56.692°E
Mass (g):	1953
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	6.1-45.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	10.8-19.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.5-0.6
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	32.91
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	Anonymous
Comments:	104; submitted by P. Sipiera

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Institutions
and collections

PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Photos:

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Bruno Caspirro

Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 33' 7"N, 56° 41' 31"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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