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Sayh al Uhaymir 561

Basic information

Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 561
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 561
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass: 1074 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12080 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 25 Jun 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Sayh al Uhaymir 561 (SaU 561) 20°16’11.0"N, 56°38’41.1"E

Al Wusta, Oman

Found: Jan 2011

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Petrography: (P. Strickland, UAb) Approximately 20 vol% chondrules, 75 vol% matrix, and <1 vol% metal. Chondrules have an average diameter of 0.8 mm and display RP and PO - POP textures. Most olivine and pyroxene grains have irregular and planar fractures, strong undulatory extinction, and clinoenstatite lamellae on some low-Ca pyroxene indicating moderate shock (S4).

Geochemistry: (C. Herd and P. Strickland, UAb) Olivine Fa_24.9±0.9(n=43); Low-Ca Pyroxene Fs_21.4±1.2Wo_1.6±0.3(n=23).

Specimens: 59.3 g type specimen, including polished thin section, are on deposit at UAb. Main mass, including 2 thin sections, at SQU.

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Date:	Jan 2011
Latitude:	20°16'11.0"N
Longitude:	56°38'41.1"E
Mass (g):	1074
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24.9±0.9 (n=43)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.4±1.2 (n=23)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.3 (n=23)
Classifier:	C. Herd and P. Strickland, UAb
Type spec mass (g):	59.3
Type spec location:	UAb
Main mass:	SQU
Comments:	Field number O-5; submitted by C. Herd

Institutions
and collections

UAb: 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada, Canada; Website (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
SQU: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Science, Earth Sciences Department, P.O. Box 36 Code 123 AlKhoud, Oman (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 16' 11"N, 56° 38' 41"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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