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Ramlat as Sahmah 436
Basic information Name: Ramlat as Sahmah 436
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RaS 436
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1590 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 10 Dec 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Date:Jan 2013
Latitude:20°2'34.7"N
Longitude:56°28'42.4"E
Mass (g):1590
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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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' 35"N, 56° 28' 42"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1753 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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