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Uruq al Hadd 002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Uruq al Hadd 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: UaH 002 Observed fall: No Year found: 1996 Country: Yemen Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 690 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 88:
Uruq al Hadd 002 Oman Found 1996 Ordinary chondrite (H3) A complete, baseball-shaped stone (total weight ~ 3.7 kg) with well-preserved fusion crust was found in 1996 by Said Rams Hatrush Al-Hairisi near sand dunes near the NW corner of Oman. It was brought to the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Salalah for identification, and a fragment was sent to the Ministry of Industry and Minerals for chemical analysis. Petrologic grade based on cathodoluminescence colors is 3.8/3.9. Classification and analysis (E. Gnos, UBE; B. Hofmann, NMBE; A. Al-Kathiri, UBE): olivine Fa14.2-20.3; pyroxene, Fs11.9-21.2. Specimens: (96.225 g) at NMBE, main mass at Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Salalah. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB88 Table 5 Line 496: |
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Institutions and collections |
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern
Bernastrasse 15
CH-3005 Bern
Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012) NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012) UBE: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:![]() |
Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Al Mahrah, Yemen This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Yemen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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