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Sayh al Uhaymir 580
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 580
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 580
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Feb 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Date:7 Apr 2012
Latitude:20°29.850'N
Longitude:56°37.979'E
Mass (g):2.7
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.7±0.2 (n=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5±0.2 (n=22)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.1 (n=22)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):0.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Meteorite displays a completely recrystallized textures lacking any chondrules. Brownish to reddish oxide veinlets are abundant.; 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. 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° 29' 51"N, 56° 37' 59"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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