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| Basic information | Name: Jiddat al Harasis 936 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: JaH 936 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Oman Mass:  1851 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 9 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Jiddat al Harasis 936 (JaH 936) 19°8.977’N, 55°15.631’E Zufar, Oman Find: 19 Jan 2012 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: Found by Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Elise Wimmer, Karl Wimmer, Florian Zurfluh during a search for meteorites on January 19, 2012. Physical characteristics: Dark brown weathered stone of 1687 g plus ten fragments ranging from 45 g to less than one gram. No fusion crust preserved. Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE) Homogeneous chondritic texture, mean apparent chondrule diameter is 1.03±0.48 mm (n=85). Metal and troilite are largely weathered. Geochemistry: (N. Greber, Bern and B. Hofmann, NMBE) Olivine compositions are Fa24.5±1.4 (Fa19.2-27.4, n=38), pyroxene compositions (n=18) are Fs17.6±2.8Wo1.4±0.9 (Fs10.4-21.5Wo0.3-4.6). Bulk Fe/Mn (XRF) is 70±4 (n=7). Classification: L chondrite based on mineral compositions. Low degree of shock (S2), weathering grade W4. Specimens: All at NMBE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 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) Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address) |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2151 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 3983 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 374 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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