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United Arab Emirates 015
Basic information Name: United Arab Emirates 015
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: UAE 015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: United Arab Emirates
Mass:help 57 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Jan 2010
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 241:
State/Prov/County:Abu Dhabi
Origin or pseudonym:interdunal plane
Date:28-Feb-2009
Latitude:22°52'07.7"N
Longitude:55°09'05.5"E
Mass (g):57
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3/4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.8
Classifier:Smith/Hezel
Type spec mass (g):13.39
Type spec location:NHM
Main mass:EAD
Comments:Submitted by Hezel
Institutions
   and collections
NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
EAD: Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, P.O Box 45553 , United Arab Emirates (institutional address; updated 28 Jan 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

United Arab Emirates
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (22° 52' 8"N, 55° 9' 6"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 32 approved meteorites from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
     This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from United Arab Emirates
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