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| Basic information | Name: Ramlat Fasad 551 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: RF 551 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Oman Mass:  317 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 645 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Ramlat Fasad 551 19°00.774’N, 53°28.811’E Zufar, Oman Find: 2018 Feb 09 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: 35 fragments were found in close proximity during a search for meteorites, one fragment (1802_0249; 80.8 g) was found 52 m south of the others. Physical characteristics: A total of 36 fragments up to 5 cm in size, dark brown, no fusion crust. Petrography: (Åke Rosén, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann) Chondrules, and CAIs and olivine grains (up to 0.7 mm) in dark-brown matrix. Typical size of chondrules 0.2-0.5 mm (rarely to 1.2 mm). Abundant grains of FeS (polycrystalline, to 200 μm) and iron metal (to 1 mm) are present in matrix and chondrules, partial alteration of metal and sulfide. Unshocked (S1), medium weathering. Geochemistry: (Å. Rosén) Olivine Fa35.5±6.4, range Fa12.8-39.5 (N = 27). Enstatite Fs4.6±3.5Wo1.6±1.2 (Fs2.3-12.0Wo1.0-5.0, N = 10). Plagioclase Ab38.9-40.9Or1.1-1.5 (N=2). Classification: Based on chondrule size, texture and mineralogy this is a carbonaceous chondrite of type CO3. Unshocked. Medium weathering. Specimens: 86.2 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) 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 26 unapproved names) This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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