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Ramlat Fasad 026

Basic information

Name: Ramlat Fasad 026
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RF 026
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass: 120.7 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 Fasad 026 18°35.007’N, 53°06.742’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2014 Feb 9

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

History: Found by Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Thomas Burri, and Marianna Mészáros during a search for meteorites on February 9, 2014.

Physical characteristics: Dark brown individual without fusion crust.

Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE and E. Gnos, MHNGE) Mean chondrule size 0.73±0.30 mm (n=53).

Geochemistry: (Å. Rosén, Bern) Olivine: mean Fa_19.1±2.4(Fa_13.0-26.2, n=44); pyroxene (n=27): Fs_16.4±3.0Wo_1.7±1.0(Fs_12.8-29.4Wo_0.4-5.1).

Classification: Based on mineral compositions this is an H chondrite of petrologic type 3, shock grade S3, weathering W3.

Specimens: All at NMBE

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert plain
Date:	2014 Feb 9
Latitude:	18°35.007'N
Longitude:	53°06.742'E
Mass (g):	120.7
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.1±2.4 (N=44)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.4±3.0 (N=27)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7±1.0 (N=27)
Classifier:	B. Hofmann, N. Greber, E. Gnos
Type spec mass (g):	120.7
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	T. Burri, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann, M. 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)
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::	(18° 35' 0"N, 53° 6' 45"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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