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Ramlat Fasad 529
Basic information Name: Ramlat Fasad 529
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RF 529
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Oman
Mass:help 158.5 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Acapulcoite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Acapulcoites, and Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 30 Aug 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Ramlat Fasad 529        18°57.644’N, 53°15.524’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2018 Jan 23

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Acapulcoite)

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

Physical characteristics: Dark brown, rusty stone, rounded

Petrography: (J. Pape, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann) The sample consists dominantly of olivine, orthopyroxene, Ca-rich clinopyroxene and plagioclase. Mostly oxidized Fe-Ni-metal (~10 vol%) and partly altered troilite (~5 vol%). Chromite and graphite are minor constituents. Equigranular texture with a typical grain size of 0.2-0.4 mm with abundant triple junctions among silicates. Veins are filled with weathering products. Unshocked (S1). Weathering is strong (equivalent to W3).

Geochemistry: (J. Pape) Olivine Fa9.4±0.3, FeO/MnO=17±1 (N=8), orthopyroxene Fs9.1±0.2Wo1.9±0.3, FeO/MnO=11±1 (N = 7), Ca-pyroxene Fs4.3±0.4Wo45.1±1.8, Cr2O3 1.41±0.11 wt%, FeO/MnO=8±1 (N = 11), plagioclase An18.1±0.8, Or3.9±0.3 (N = 11). Homogeneous mineral compositions.

Classification: Based on texture and mineral composition this meteorite is classified as acapulcoite, unshocked, strongly weathered.

Specimens: 32.49 g, mineral separates, and 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:2018 Jan 23
Latitude:18°57.644'N
Longitude:53°15.524'E
Mass (g):158.461
Pieces:1
Class:Acapulcoite
Shock stage:weak
Weathering grade:high
Fayalite (mol%):9.4±0.4 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.1±0.2 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.3 (n=7)
Magnetic suscept.:4.80
Classifier:J. Pape, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):32.490
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:MHTO
Finder:U. Eggenberger, M. Fisch, A. Glauser, G. Weibel, M. Wolffers, W. Zucha, S. Al-Hamemi
Comments:Field number 1801_0077; 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:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 57' 39"N, 53° 15' 31"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)
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