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| Basic information | Name: Al Hawaya 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Saudi Arabia Mass:  7.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Jan 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Al Hawaya 002 19°50.603’N, 49°11.197’E Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia Found: 15 Feb 2013 Classification: Ureilite History: Found by Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Ayman Majoub search for meteorites on small patch of desert soil between dunes on Feb. 15, 2013. Physical characteristics: Dark brown, wind-polished broken individual of 7.61 g. Strongly weathered. Petrography: Polished thin section shows typical ureilitic texture with interlocked olivine and pyroxene grains typically 1 mm in size, with undulose extinction. Carbon platelets are very common (~10 vol%) and consist mainly of diamond. Metal and troilite are largely oxidized, only few remnant inclusions in silicates. Silicates are partly affected by terrestrial alteration. Geochemistry: (N. Greber, Bern) Olivine compositions are Fa10.2-21.8, median Fa21.4, median Cr2O3 0.49 wt% (n=29), pyroxene compositions are Fs7.2-18.3Wo4.7-22.1, median Fs14.4Wo10.7, median Cr2O3 1.25 wt% (n=8). Bulk analysis of cut surface by XRF (wt%): Fe 17.0, Mn 0.28 (Fe/Mn 60.4), Ni 0.16, Cr 0.53. Classification: Based on texture, silicate compositions and abundant diamond platelets this is a ureilite. Specimens: 2.28 g and one polished thin section at MHNGE. Remaining material SGS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6
, Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011) Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address) SGS: Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (institutional address; updated 11 Feb 2010) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites from Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Saudi Arabia (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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