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Jiddat al Harasis 955

Basic information

Name: Jiddat al Harasis 955
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 955
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Oman
Mass: 63.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	R6
Recommended:			R6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites classified as R6. [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Mar 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Jiddat al Harasis 955 (JaH 955) 19.989930°N, 56.407860°E

Al Wusta, Oman

Find: 2013 Nov

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R6)

Physical characteristics: A dark stone with dull fusion crust. Cut surface reveals dark-gray interior.

Petrography: Recrystallized chondritic texture with only rare remnants of chondrules. Mineralogy: olivine (dominant), Ca-pyroxene, plagioclase (to 100 μm), sulfides (to 600 μm, modal abundance 9 vol% by point counting with N=334), ilmenite, magnetite. No metal visible.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_39.9±0.1, FeO/MnO=88.4, NiO 0.29 wt% (N=5). Chromite Cr# = 0.85, TiO₂ 4.3 wt% (N=2).

Classification: R6. Moderate weathering.

Specimens: 13.2 g at CEREGE, main mass with anonymous finder.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Date:	2013 Nov
Latitude:	19.989930°N
Longitude:	56.407860°E
Mass (g):	63.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	R6
Weathering grade:	moderate
Fayalite (mol%):	39.9±0.1 (N=5)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.06
Classifier:	H. Pourkhorsandi, J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	13.1
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Anonymous
Finder:	Anonymous
Comments:	Submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(19° 59' 24"N, 56° 24' 28"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1757 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4003 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)

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