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Ramlat Fasad 517
Basic information Name: Ramlat Fasad 517
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RF 517
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Oman
Mass:help 4.94 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 10 Apr 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Ramlat Fasad 517        18°56.997’N, 53°26.321’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 02 Feb 2017

Classification: Ureilite

History: A single broken individual was found during a search for meteorites.

Physical characteristics: Dark brown-olive wind ablated stone, 2 cm maximum dimension. No fusion crust.

Petrography: (S.Rout, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann) The meteorite consists dominantly of olivine and pigeonite with characteristic ureilitic texture, primary grain size is 0.8-1.5 mm. Large regions of olivine show secondary reduction with minute inclusions of Fe metal. All pyroxene grains show signatures of recrystallization and contain two types of pigeonites, enstatite, augite, interstitial glass and Fe-metal grains. One silica grain was detected within a recrystallized pyroxene grain. Primary silicate grains show low shock (S2). Carbon platelets are irregular in shape, to 0.5 mm, consist of diamond and fine-grained graphite. Medium weathering (most iron metal oxidized, silicates are unaffected).

Geochemistry: (S. Rout, Bern) Olivine cores Fa19.2±0.5, Fe/Mn = 36±1, Cr2O3=0.65±0.03 wt% (N = 26); reduced rims have Fa9.8±4.6, Cr2O3=0.67±0.13 wt% (N = 25). Fe-rich Pigeonite (cores): Fs16.1±0.3Wo11.0±0.5, Cr2O3 1.25±0.07 wt% (N = 10). Fe-poor recrystallized pigeonite: Fs7.8±1.2Wo10.5±2 (N = 3). Enstatite: Fs12.3±1.0Wo4.5±0.6 (N = 5). Augite: Fs 4.3±0.8Wo34.3±0.9 (N = 6). Glass: Na2O 2.2/2.7 wt%, CaO 5.0/5.5 wt%, Al2O3 14.6/16.1 wt%, SiO2 71.5/72.6 wt% (N = 2).

Classification: Based on texture, mineralogy and geochemistry this is a ferroan ureilite.

Specimens: 1.20 g including one polished thin section at NMBE, main mass: MHTO

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:02 Feb 2017
Latitude:18°56.997'N
Longitude:53°26.321'E
Mass (g):4.938
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:medium
Fayalite (mol%):19.2±0.5 (N = 26)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1±0.3 (N = 10)
Wollastonite (mol%):11.0±0.5 (N = 10)
Classifier:S. Rout, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):1.2
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:MHTO
Finder:M. Bucher, U. Eggenberger, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann, I. Kouvatsis, M. Sliz, Z. Al-Musharrafi
Comments:Field number 1702_0115; 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)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)
MHTO: Ministry of Heritage and Tourism Muscat , Oman (institutional address; updated 10 Apr 2021)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 57' 0"N, 53° 26' 19"E)

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Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2169 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 433 unapproved names)
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