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Ramlat Fasad 541
Basic information Name: Ramlat Fasad 541
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RF 541
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Oman
Mass:help 21.3 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 588 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 30 Aug 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Ramlat Fasad 541        18°55.162’N, 53°21.235’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2017 Feb 01

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Found during a search for meteorites.

Physical characteristics: Dark brown fragment, well preserved fusion crust on one side, broken surfaces strongly wind-ablated.

Petrography: (Åke Rosén, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann) Chondrules and CAIs in dark-brown matrix, chondrules contain brown glass. Typical size of chondrules 0.8-1.5 mm. Matrix and chondrule rims contain metal, troilite and magnetite, partially replacing metal (grains up to 0.5 mm) and sulfide. Unshocked (S1), low weathering.

Geochemistry: (Å. Rosén) Olivine Fa3.5±2.1, range Fa0.3-7.0 (N=41). Orthopyroxene Fs1.0±0.2Wo1.0±0.3 (N = 8). Oxygen isotopes: (R. Greenwood, OU) δ18O = -0.261 δ17O = -5.059 Δ17O = -4.923 (all permil).

Classification: Based on chondrule size, mineralogy and oxygen isotopes this is a carbonaceous chondrite, type CV3, low weathering, unshocked. Paired with Ramlat Fasad 542 found at a distance of 150 m.

Specimens: 6.5 g and one polished thin section at NMBE. Main mass: MHTO.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:2017 Feb 01
Latitude:18°55.162'N
Longitude:53°21.235'E
Mass (g):21.268
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):3.5±2.1 (n=41)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.0±0.2 (n=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.3 (n=8)
Magnetic suscept.:3.92
Classifier:Å. Rosén, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):6.500
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:MHTO
Finder:Martin Bucher, Urs Eggenberger, Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Ioannis Kouvatsis, Malgorzata Sliz, Zaid Al-Musharrafi
Comments:Field number 1702_0046; submitted by Beda Hofmann
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
   and collections		 NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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)
MHTO: Ministry of Heritage and Tourism Muscat , Oman (institutional address; updated 10 Apr 2021)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Beda Hofmann      
Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 55' 10"N, 53° 21' 14"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)
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