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Sayh al Uhaymir 281
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 281
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 281
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 162.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  EH3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  EH3
Recommended:  EH3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 141 approved meteorites classified as EH3.   [show all]
Search for other: EH chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
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Writeup from MB 88:

Sayh al Uhaymir 281

Oman

Found 2001

Enstatite Chondrite (EH3)

A mass of 162.56 g was found in 2001 in the Sayh al Uhaymir region of Oman. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake and M. Kurz, MNB): abundant enstatite-rich chondrules set into a strongly altered matrix containing lath-shaped enstatite. Chondrules occasionally contain forsteritic olivine and glassy mesostasis; enstatite, Fs0.1-3.9; olivine, Fa0.1; contains troilite, Fe,Ni metal, daubreelite, Fe,Ni phosphates and perryite; low degree of shock; strongly weathered. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 20.3 g plus one polished thin section MNB.

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 466:
Date:2001
Latitude:21°00.00'N
Longitude:57°12.00'E
Mass (g):162.56
Pieces:1
Class:EH3
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Don Edwards   
Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (21° 0'N, 57° 12'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1757 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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