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Basic information | Name: Ramlat Fasad 544 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: RF 544 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Oman Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 636 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 30 Aug 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Ramlat Fasad 544 19°06.396’N, 53°20.176’E Zufar, Oman Find: 2017 Feb 05 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Found during a search for meteorites. Physical characteristics: Single dark reddish brown fragment, no fusion crust preserved. Petrography: (Åke Rosén, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann) Chondrules, and CAIs and olivine grains (up to 0.8 mm) in dark-brown matrix. Typical size of chondrules 0.2-0.3 mm. Partially altered troilite grains up to 100 μm are common, metal grains only rarely preserved. Unshocked (S1), strongly weathered. Geochemistry: (Å. Rosén) Olivine Fa7.6±9.2, range Fa0.7-40.7 (N = 43). Orthopyroxene Fs1.6±1.4Wo1.8±2.3 (N = 9). Oxygen isotopes: (R. Greenwood, OU) δ18O = -0.246 δ17O = -4.677 Δ17O = -4.549 (all permil). Classification: Based on chondrule size, texture and mineralogy this is a carbonaceous chondrite, type CO3, medium weathering, low shock. Specimens: 1.7 g and one polished thin section at NMBE. Main mass: MHTO. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 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) MHTO: Ministry of Heritage and Tourism Muscat , Oman (institutional address; updated 10 Apr 2021) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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