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Shişr 177

Basic information

Name: Shişr 177
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass: 195 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 632 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 30 Nov 2013

Data from:
  MB102
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:	Jaku 2013-19
Date:	2009 Oct 6
Latitude:	18°32'3.30"N
Longitude:	53°58'9.44"E
Mass (g):	195
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.1±5 (2.9-17.4, n=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.9±4.4 (8.3-22.1, n=31)
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	21.4
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Tomasz Jakubowski
Finder:	Tomasz Jakubowski
Comments:	The dark brownish rock consists of abundant clearly defined chondrules about 0.2-0.3 mm in diameter. Metal is abundant and mostly altered to Fe-oxides causing intense brownish staining. Jaku 2013-19.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

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References:

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

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 32' 3"N, 53° 58' 9"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2151 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 3983 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 374 unapproved names)

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