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Sayh al Uhaymir 040
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 040
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 040
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 28.4 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CV
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  CV3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 234:
Date:1 Feb 2000
Latitude:21°03'49"N
Longitude:57°16'17"E
Mass (g):28
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):7.2 (0.3-57.1 )
Ferrosilite (mol%):3.6 ( 0.5-40.2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4 (0.5-3.8)
Classifier:J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)
Type spec mass (g):3.8
Comments:reduced subgroup
Institutions
   and collections		 Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (21° 3' 49"N, 57° 16' 17"E)
     Recommended::   (21° 3' 49"N, 57° 16' 17"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)
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