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Sayh al Uhaymir 471
Basic information Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 471
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaU 471
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.08 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L4-6
Recommended:  L4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 48 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 9 Jan 2009
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 7
  Line 118:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta, Oman
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:16-Jan-02
Latitude:20°30.679'N
Longitude:57°17.572'E
Mass (g):2081.8
Pieces:1
Class:L4-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.2
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):2081.8
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:A. Al-Kathiri, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Comments:Fa by XRD, brecciated, paired with SaU 185
Institutions
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NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (20° 30' 41"N, 57° 17' 34"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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