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Ramlat as Sahmah 422

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 422
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 422
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass: 3.88 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	H3.7-5
Recommended:			H3.7-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H3.7-5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 11 Jul 2012

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	desert plain
Date:	2010 Feb 6
Latitude:	20°30.312'N
Longitude:	56°29.063'E
Mass (g):	3879
Pieces:	4
Class:	H3.7-5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.1±4.1 (6.4-27.4, n=27)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Classifier:	F. Zurfluh, Bern; B. Hofmann, NMBE; and E. Gnos, MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):	3879
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	B. Hofmann, C. Opitz, R. Trappitsch, F. Zurfluh
Comments:	CL color blue; max. Cr2O3 in ol = 0.5 wt%; brecciated; submitted by Beda Hofmann

Institutions
and collections

NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 30' 19"N, 56° 29' 4"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)

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