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Ramlat as Sahmah 471
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 471
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 471
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Oman
Mass:help 428 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  H4-6
Recommended:  H4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 104 approved meteorites classified as H4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 10 Jan 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:desert plain
Date:31 Jan 2012
Latitude:20°37.994'N
Longitude:55°52.130'E
Mass (g):428.447
Pieces:1
Class:H4-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:B. Hofmann, E. Gnos, E. Greber
Type spec mass (g):428.447
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:Urs Eggenberger, Martin Fisch, Nicolas Greber, Salim Al-Kathiri, Musallam Al-Maashani, Florian Zurfluh
Comments:breccia; submitted by Beda Hofmann
Institutions
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NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 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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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 38' 0"N, 55° 52' 8"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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