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Ramlat as Sahmah 431
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 431
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 431
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 3 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 22 Oct 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:Jaku 2013-20
Date:2010 Oct 6
Latitude:20°31' 5.08N
Longitude:55°49'0.49E
Mass (g):3000
Pieces:5
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):26.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):22
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):29.3
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Tomasz Jakubowski
Finder:Tomasz Jakubowski
Comments:Jaku 2013-20; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 31' 5"N, 55° 49' 0"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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