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Ramlat al Wahibah 045

Basic information

Name: Ramlat al Wahibah 045
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaW 045
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass: 85.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	H6-melt breccia
Recommended:			H6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites classified as H6-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Jul 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Ramlat al Wahibah 045 (RaW 045) 21°22.118’N, 58°23.731’E

Ash Sharqiyah, Oman

Found: 2010 Feb 7

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6, melt breccia)

History: A single stone of 85.275 g was found during a search for meteorites.

Physical characteristics: Dark brown stone without fusion crust

Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE, F. Zurfluh, Bern, E. Gnos, MHNGE): The stone consists of ~90 vol% recrystallized melt and ~10% H chondrite fragments (petrologic type 6).

Geochemistry: Silicate compositions in H6 fragments and matrix are virtually identical with Fa_16.3and Fs_14.8Wo_1.1

Classification: Based on texture and mineralogy this is an H melt breccia.

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Ash Sharqiyah
Origin or pseudonym:	desert plain
Date:	2010 Feb 7
Latitude:	21°22.118'N
Longitude:	58°23.731'E
Mass (g):	85.275
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6-melt breccia
Shock stage:	S6
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	16.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.8
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1
Classifier:	F. Zurfluh, Bern; B. Hofmann, NMBE; and E. Gnos, MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):	85.275
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	B. Hofmann, C. Opitz, R. Trappitsch, F. Zurfluh
Comments:	Impact melt breccia; 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)
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(21° 22' 7"N, 58° 23' 44"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 46 approved meteorites from Ash Sharqiyah, Oman
This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)

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