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Jiddat al Harasis 911

Basic information

Name: Jiddat al Harasis 911
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 911
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass: 31.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 10 Jun 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Jiddat al Harasis 911 (JaH 911) 19°49.52’N, 55°53.373’E

Al Wusta, Oman

Find: 2003 Feb 26

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Discovered on a desert expedition on March 26, 2003.

Physical characteristics: One dark brown stone of 31.63 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 5.00.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) various types of chondrules fro 0.3 to 1.0 mm (avg. 0.5 mm) set in recrystallized matrix.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_18.7(Fa_18.1-19.5, n=8); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_16.5Wo_1.2(Fs_15.8-21.1Wo_0.7-1.4, n=16); chromite CRAL=85, FFM=84, Fe/Mg=5; ilmenite. Kamacite Ni 4.6-8.1, Co 0.5-0.6 wt.% (n=5).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, shock stage S3)

Specimens: 6.4 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Date:	2003 Feb 26
Latitude:	19°49.52'N
Longitude:	55°53.373'E
Mass (g):	31.63
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.7 (18.1-19.5, n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.5 (15.8-21.1, n=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2 (0.7-1.4)
Magnetic suscept.:	5.00
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	6.4
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name 1-1; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)

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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::	(19° 49' 31"N, 55° 53' 22"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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