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Sayh al Uhaymir 591
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 591
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 591
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 365 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12492 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 7 May 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Date:2010 Apr 17
Latitude:20°29.979'N
Longitude:57°21.394'E
Mass (g):365
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.4±0.2 (n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8±0.2 (n=13)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):23
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Plagioclase grain size about 70 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 29' 59"N, 57° 21' 24"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1757 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4003 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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