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Uruq al Hadd 002

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: 3.7 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	H3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

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)

Writeup

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 Fa_14.2-20.3; pyroxene, Fs_11.9-21.2. Specimens: (96.225 g) at NMBE, main mass at Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Salalah.

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 496:

Date:	1996
Latitude:	18°30'N
Longitude:	52°10'E
Mass (g):	3700
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S1,2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	14.2-20.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.9-21.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.4-1.7
Classifier:	E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB; analyst: E. Gnos and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Type spec mass (g):	96/225
Type spec location:	NMB
Finder:	E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB

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:

Yemen

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 30'N, 52° 10'E)

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Al Mahrah, Yemen
This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Yemen

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