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Uruq al Hadd 004

Basic information

Name: Uruq al Hadd 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: UaH 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass: 80.8 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 26 Aug 2015

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert plain
Date:	Feb 11, 2014
Latitude:	18°36.426'N
Longitude:	52°57.457'E
Mass (g):	80.8
Pieces:	5
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.9 (by X-ray diffraction, ±1 mol% Fa)
Classifier:	B. Hofmann, N. Greber, E. Gnos, NMBE
Type spec mass (g):	80.8
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	Thomas Burri, Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Marianna Mészáros
Comments:	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° 36' 26"N, 52° 57' 27"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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