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| Basic information | Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 530 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: RaS 530 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Oman Mass:  30 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 2 Mar 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Ramlat as Sahmah 530 (RaS 530) 20°34.104’N, 55°43.342’E Al Wusta, Oman Find: 20 Apr 2014 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was found on 20 April 2014 during a field trip in the Oman desert. Physical characteristics: Brownish individual lacking any fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is dominantly composed of <1 mm sized olivine grains, sometimes poikilitically enclosing augite crystals. Olivine shows abundant reduced rims; the meteorite contains flaky graphite and Cr-bearing sulfides. Cracks are often found to be filled with barite likely due to intense terrestrial weathering. Geochemistry: Reduced rims in olivine: Fa1.4-4.5; olivine contains 0.28±0.03 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.22±0.02 wt% CaO; augite contains 1.58±0.03 wt% Cr2O3 and 3.37±0.03 wt% Al2O3 Classification: Ureilite, augite-bearing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, in preparation (2018)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1744 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman This is 1 of 3928 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 301 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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