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Sayh al Uhaymir 566 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 566 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: SaU 566 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: Oman Mass: 1725 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 467 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 10 Dec 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Sayh al Uhaymir 566 (SaU 566) 20.175°N, 56.511°E Al Wusta, Oman Found: 2011 Feb Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Found by an anonymous prospector in February 2013. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) PO chondrules (0.7-1.8 mm, some rimmed) and sparse very fine grained CAI in deep brown, altered matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.4-11.2), orthopyroxene (Fs1.4-35.0Wo0.8-3.1), subcalcic augite (Fs15.1Wo32.0), augite (Fs2.6Wo41.6). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: Type specimen plus one polished thin section at PSF; main mass with anonymous collector. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) 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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: |
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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