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Sayh al Uhaymir 298
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 298
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 298
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Oman
Mass:help 222 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10884 approved meteorites (plus 19 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 7
  Line 105:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta, Oman
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:15-Nov-04
Latitude:20°47.452'N
Longitude:57°11.011'E
Mass (g):221.5
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):18.8-19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5-17.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.58
Type spec mass (g):21.2
Main mass:Bart
Comments:Merrilite Na2O 2.8%; MgO 3.8%; Footnote undefined. Involves someone at Moscow, Appel, and Bart
Institutions
   and collections		 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. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 47' 27"N, 57° 11' 1"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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