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Ramlat as Sahmah 470

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 470
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 470
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Oman
Mass: 12.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L3-5
Recommended:			L3-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3-5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 4 Mar 2017

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	desert plain
Date:	31 Jan 2012
Latitude:	20°34.121'N
Longitude:	55°52.862'E
Mass (g):	12.447
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3-5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	20.6-44.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.3-20.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.4-2.4
Classifier:	B. Hofmann, E. Gnos, E. Greber
Type spec mass (g):	12.447
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	Urs Eggenberger, Martin Fisch, Nicolas Greber, Salim Al-Kathiri, Musallam Al-Maashani, Florian Zurfluh
Comments:	breccia; 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 Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 34' 7"N, 55° 52' 52"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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