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Jiddat al Harasis 868

Basic information

Name: Jiddat al Harasis 868
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 868
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass: 18.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	Diogenite
Recommended:			Diogenite [explanation]

This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 26 Jul 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Jiddat al Harasis 868 (JaH 868) 19°59’7.5"N, 56°24’59"E

Al Wusta, Oman

Purchased: 2009 Jan 25

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

Physical characteristics: The small individual lacks any fusion crust and shows a brownish interior.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a cumulate texture of predominantly large orthopyroxene and calcic plagioclase crystals. Accessory minerals include augite, chromite and troilite.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_30.4±0.2Wo_2.5±0.2(range Fs_30.2-30.7Wo_2.3-2.7, n=13); Ca-pyroxene: Fs_24.9±2.6Wo_40.3±3.5(range Fs_22.8-30.9Wo_32.9-42.7, n=10); calcic plagioclase: An_88.9±0.5(range An_88.3-90.1, n=13)

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Date:	P 2009 Jan 25
Latitude:	19°59'7.5"N
Longitude:	56°24'59"E
Mass (g):	18.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	Diogenite
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):	30.4, 24.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.5; 40.4
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	3.9
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	anonymous
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(19° 59' 8"N, 56° 24' 59"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1759 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)

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