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Sayh al Uhaymir 427
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 427
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 427
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 59 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  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 3 May 2011
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 99:

Sayh al Uhaymir 427 (SaU 427)        21° 5' 5"N,  57° 16' 34"E

Al Wusta, Oman

Found: 2001

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Geochemistry and Mineralogy (Bart): Fs43-12Wo22-6, Cr2O3 0.28%. Kamacite Ni 3.6-4.8, Co 0.9-1.0; Taenite Ni 43.3-44.8, Co 0.3 (wt%); δ17O = -3.75‰, and δ18O = 1.70‰.

Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:16 February 2001
Latitude:21°5.086'N
Longitude:57°16.559'E
Mass (g):59.0
Pieces:3
Class:CV3
Fayalite (mol%):0.4-69.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.7-16.3
Magnetic suscept.:3.64
Classifier:Microprobe: R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader (Kiel); O-isotopes: I. Franchi and R. Greenwood (OU)
Type spec mass (g):11.80
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (21° 5' 5"N, 57° 16' 34"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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