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| Basic information | Name: Ramlat Fasad 027 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: RF 027 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Oman Mass:  10.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 Dec 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Ramlat Fasad 027 18°46.804’N, 53°09.346’E Zufar, Oman Find: 10 Feb 2014 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Found by Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Thomas Burri, and Marianna Mészáros during a search for meteorites on February 10, 2014. Physical characteristics: Two dark brown wind ablated fragments (7.04 and 3.81 g), found close to each other, no fusion crust preserved. Total mass is 10.85 g. Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE and E. Gnos, MHNGE) Homogeneous chondritic texture. Glass-bearing chondrules. CAIs are common. Mean apparent chondrule size is 0.30±0.11 mm (n=93). Matrix abundance ~30%. Contains iron metal and troilite, both are partly altered to (hydr)oxides. Geochemistry: (N. Greber, Bern) Olivine compositions are Fa29.7±10.9 (Fa0.6-36.9, n=26). Orthopyroxene compositions are Fs5.7±1.5Wo2.2±1.3 (Fs4.3-8.8 Wo0.4-4.2, n=11). Oxygen isotopes: (R. Greenwood, OU): δ18O=2.28, δ17O=-2.32, Δ17O=-3.51. Classification: Based on petrography (including matrix abundance and chondrule size), geochemistry and oxygen isotopes this meteorite is a CO3 carbonaceous chondrite, unshocked (S1), medium weathering. Specimens: All at NMBE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern
Bernastrasse 15
CH-3005 Bern
Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012) OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011) 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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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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