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Sayh al Uhaymir 503
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 503
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 503
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 815 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  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
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1874:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Date:03 Mar 2010
Latitude:20°37'N
Longitude:57°02'E
Mass (g):815
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):1.1-47.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.7; 1.2; 0.8
Wollastonite (mol%):2.3; 7.4; 36.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.2
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:RWard
Finder:RWard
Comments:Contains CAIs. Field name: R04; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
RWard: No contact information provided. (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 37'N, 57° 2'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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