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Ramlat Fasad 588
Basic information Name: Ramlat Fasad 588
     This is an official name for a relict meteorite. Relict meteorites are composed mostly of terrestrial minerals, but are thought to have once been meteorites. Note: evidence that this was once a meteorite may not have been critically evaluated.
Abbreviation: RF 588
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1.69 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  Relict iron
Recommended:  Relict iron    [explanation]

Comments: Entered 30 Aug 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Ramlat Fasad 588        18°54.593’N, 53°25.328’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 08 Feb 2018

Classification: Relict meteorite (Relict iron)

History: Found during a search for meteorites.

Physical characteristics: Black angular to rounded oxide fragment. Strongly magnetic.

Petrography: Lamellar mixture of iron oxides and hydroxides.

Geochemistry: Bulk analysis (XRF) Fe = 58.4±2.4, Ni = 4.08±0.91, Co = 0.39±0.03 (all wt%, N = 3).

Classification: Relict iron meteorite. Element concentrations affected by terrestrial weathering. Probably paired with Ramlat Fasad 587/589 found at a distance of 25 to 40 m

Specimens: 0.40 g at NMBE. Main mass: MHTO.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:08 Feb 2018
Latitude:18°54.593'N
Longitude:53°25.328'E
Mass (g):1.690
Pieces:1
Class:Relict iron
Weathering grade:high
Classifier:B. Hofmann, E. Gnos
Type spec mass (g):0.4
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:MHTO
Finder:Thomas Blaise, Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Malgorzata Sliz, Felix Mechelke, Zaid Al-Musharrafi
Comments:Field number 1802_0225; 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)
MHTO: Ministry of Heritage and Tourism Muscat , Oman (institutional address; updated 10 Apr 2021)
Catalogs:
Relict meteorite
info:
Name: Ramlat Fasad 588
Fieldname: 1802_0225
Origin/pseudonym: Oman
Purchased:
Purchase or find date: 2018 Feb 08
Lat/long: 18°54.593'N, 53°25.328'E
Mass: 1.690
Pieces: 1
Specimens: NMBE
Description: relict iron
Info:
Name assigned to: Beda Hofmann
Date assigned: 2021-05-22
Assigned by: Beda Hofmann
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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Oman
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     Recommended::   (18° 54' 36"N, 53° 25' 20"E)
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