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| Basic information | Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 563 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: SaU 563 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Oman Mass:  1520 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 674 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 12 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Sayh al Uhaymir 563 (SaU 563) 20°1’32.8"N, 56°39’41.9"E Al Wusta, Oman Found: 2009 Oct Classification: Ureilite Physical characteristics: A single dark oriented stone. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Consists mostly of millimeter-sized euhedral olivine and pyroxene. Coarse-grained equigranular texture with triple junctions. Olivine shows reduced margins. Metal weathering products are present along grain boundaries. Metal is present as micrometer-sized blebs in the silicates close to grain boundaries. Carbon (graphite or diamond) is present in elongate clusters up to 500 µm. Geochemistry: Olivine cores Fa15.4±2.0, FeO/MnO=29.8. Olivine CaO 0.36 wt.%, Cr2O3=0.99 wt.%. Pigeonite Fs13.2±0.1 Wo7.5±0.3. Classification: Ureilite. Strong weathering. Specimens: 26.4 g and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1780 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4526 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 419 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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