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Ramlat as Sahmah 429

Basic information

Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 429
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 429
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass: 17.4 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	LL3-6
Recommended:			LL3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites classified as LL3-6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 12 Aug 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Ramlat as Sahmah 429 (RaS 429) 20°2.528’N, 56°28.296’E

Al Wusta, Oman

Found: 2011 Jan 22

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3-6)

Petrography: Breccia consisting of clasts ranging in petrographic grade from 3 to 6. Mean chondrule size ~1 mm.

Geochemistry: Total range of fayalite content in olivine Fa_13.0-32.8, but fayalite-rich olivine in clasts with petrographic grade 5 and 6 is homogeneous with mean Fa_28.6±1.8(n=18). Fa_28.6±1.8(n=18) in equilibrated clasts

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert plain
Date:	2011 Jan 22
Latitude:	20°2.528'N
Longitude:	56°28.296'E
Mass (g):	17.35
Pieces:	3
Class:	LL3-6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	22.8±7.6 (13.0-32.8, n=25)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.4±3.1 (14.3-24.4, n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.85 (0.3-2.7, n=10)
Classifier:	B. Hofmann NMBE, E. Gnos MHNGE, N. Greber Bern
Type spec mass (g):	17.35
Type spec location:	NMBE
Main mass:	NMBE
Finder:	D. Abplanalp, U. Eggenberger, N. Federspiel, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Comments:	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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(20° 2' 32"N, 56° 28' 18"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)

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