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| Basic information | Name: Jiddat al Harasis 955 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: JaH 955 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Oman Mass:  63.2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites classified as R6. [show all] Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 11 Mar 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Jiddat al Harasis 955 (JaH 955) 19.989930°N, 56.407860°E Al Wusta, Oman Find: 2013 Nov Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R6) Physical characteristics: A dark stone with dull fusion crust. Cut surface reveals dark-gray interior. Petrography: Recrystallized chondritic texture with only rare remnants of chondrules. Mineralogy: olivine (dominant), Ca-pyroxene, plagioclase (to 100 μm), sulfides (to 600 μm, modal abundance 9 vol% by point counting with N=334), ilmenite, magnetite. No metal visible. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa39.9±0.1, FeO/MnO=88.4, NiO 0.29 wt% (N=5). Chromite Cr# = 0.85, TiO2 4.3 wt% (N=2). Classification: R6. Moderate weathering. Specimens: 13.2 g at CEREGE, main mass with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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