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Al Huwaysah 018

Basic information

Name: Al Huwaysah 018
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass: 890 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2008 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 14 Apr 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Al Huwaysah 018 22°43’42.12"N, 55°22’57.09"E

Az Zahirah, Oman

Find: 2014

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)

Physical characteristics: A brown stone without fusion crust. Cut surface reveals well-defined large chondrules set in a brownish matrix.

Petrography: Closely-packed well delineated chondrules. Orthopyroxene is unequilibrated.

Geochemistry: Fs_18.7-25.4(N=4)

Classification: L4

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Az Zahirah
Date:	2014
Latitude:	22°43'42.12"N
Longitude:	55°22'57.09"E
Mass (g):	890
Pieces:	2
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	22.7±0.3 (N=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.8±2.7 (N=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5±1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.47
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	21.41
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name LM12; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(22° 43' 42"N, 55° 22' 57"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Az Zahirah, Oman
This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)

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