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Ramlat Fasad 016
Basic information Name: Ramlat Fasad 016
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RF 016
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass:help 52.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  H4-5
Recommended:  H4-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 84 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as H4-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Aug 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:Feb 9, 2014
Latitude:18°34.995'N
Longitude:53°06.729'E
Mass (g):52.8
Pieces:1
Class:H4-5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.9 (by X-ray diffraction, ±1 mol% Fa)
Classifier:B. Hofmann, N. Greber, E. Gnos, NMBE
Type spec mass (g):52.8
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:Thomas Burri, Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Marianna Mészáros
Comments:brecciated; submitted by Beda Hofmann
Institutions
   and collections		 NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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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::   (18° 35' 0"N, 53° 6' 44"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 26 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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