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Ramlat as Sahmah 510

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 510
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 510
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Oman
Mass: 7.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 3 Dec 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Ramlat as Sahmah 510 (RaS 510) 20°32.763’N, 55°30.106’E

Al Wusta, Oman

Find: 2013 Feb 2

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

History: Found by Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Urs Eggenberger, Thomas Burri and Pete Stephenson during a search for meteorites on February 2, 2013.

Physical characteristics: Single, dark brown individual.

Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE and E. Gnos, MHNGE) Mean chondrule size 0.32±0.19 mm (n=67). Homogeneous glass present in some chondrules, more commonly in state of beginning crystallization.

Geochemistry: (N. Greber, Bern) Mineral compositions: olivines, Fa_15.7±4.7(Fa_3.2-20.2, n=18). Pyroxene, Fs_13.6±4.0Wo_1.1±0.8(Fs_3.7-16.9Wo_0.3-2.7, n=14).

Classification: Based on silicate compositions and mean chondrule size this is a H3 chondrite, shock grade S3, weathering W3.

Specimens: All at NMBE

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert plain
Date:	2013 Feb 2
Latitude:	20°32.763'N
Longitude:	55°30.106'E
Mass (g):	7.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	15.7±4.7 (N=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.6±4.0 (N=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1±0.8 (N=14)
Classifier:	B. Hofmann, N. Greber, E. Gnos
Type spec mass (g):	7.5
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	T. Burri, U. Eggenberger, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann, P. Stephenson
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)
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)

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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° 32' 46"N, 55° 30' 6"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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