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| Basic information | Name: Al Hawaya 010 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Saudi Arabia Mass:  3.91 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 604 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Jan 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Al Hawaya 010 19°30.068’N, 48°01.808’E Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia Found: 16 Feb 2013 Classification: Ureilite History: Found by Hassan Al Marsouki during search for meteorites on small patch of desert soil between dunes on February 14, 2013. Physical characteristics: Dark brown fragment of 3.91 g, partially covered by cemented dune sand. Petrography: Polished thin section shows typical ureilitic texture with interlocked olivine (~25 vol%) and pyroxene (~70 vol%) grains 0.8-1.6 mm in size. Common graphite crystals up to 1 mm (~5 vol%), no diamond observed. Metal is largely oxidized, only few remnant inclusions in silicates. Graphite shows only minor deformation. Olivine is partly affected by terrestrial alteration. Geochemistry: (N. Greber, Bern) Olivine compositions are Fa12.0-13.2, median Fa12.3 (n=14), pyroxene compositions are Fs10.4-11.0Wo4.7-4.9, median Fs10.6Wo4.8 (n=15). Silicates are Cr-rich (0.49±0.16 wt% in olivine, 0.95±0.32 wt% in pyroxene). Bulk analysis of cut surface by XRF (wt%): Fe 13.3, Mn 0.38 (Fe/Mn 35.0), Ni 0.23, Cr 0.64. Classification: Based on texture, silicate compositions and abundant graphite this is a ureilite. Specimens: 1.33 g and one polished thin section at MHNGE. Remaining material SGS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
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) SGS: Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (institutional address; updated 11 Feb 2010) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites from Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Saudi Arabia (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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