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| Basic information | Name: Jiddat al Harasis 1103 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: JaH 1103 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Oman Mass:  226 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 20 Feb 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Jiddat al Harasis 1103 (JaH 1103) 19°46.660’N, 56°32.840’E Al Wusta, Oman Find: 2014 May 7 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was found in 2014 during a field trip in the Oman desert. Physical characteristics: Brownish individual lacking any fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a cumulate texture of up to 1.8 mm sized olivine and pigeonite grains. Olivine appears to be recrystallized to small up to 15 μm sized crystallites and pigeonite grains display patchy compositional zoning. Olivine shows characteristic reduced rims. The meteorite also contains flaky graphite. Geochemistry: Reduced rims in olivine: Fa6.4-14.0; olivine contains 0.43±0.08 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.29±0.05 wt% CaO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1753 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names) This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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