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Ramlat as Sahmah 486

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 486
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 486
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass: 399 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 7 May 2015

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Date:	2010 Apr 19
Latitude:	20°30.555'N
Longitude:	55°49.015'E
Mass (g):	399
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	27.1±0.1 (n=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.5±0.2 (n=11)
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	anonymous
Comments:	Plagioclase grain size about 80 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

Catalogs:

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° 30' 33"N, 55° 49' 1"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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