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JaH1103

Name

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Structure Class

achondrites

Chemical Class

Ureilite

Country

Year found

2014

Mass

226 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 8.12g

History: The meteorite was found in 2014 during a field trip in the Oman desert. Physical characteristics: Brownish individual lacking any fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a cumulate texture of up to 1.8 mm sized olivine and pigeonite grains. Olivine appears to be recrystallized to small up to 15 μm sized crystallites and pigeonite grains display patchy compositional zoning. Olivine shows characteristic reduced rims. The meteorite also contains flaky graphite. Geochemistry: Reduced rims in olivine: Fa6.4-14.0; olivine contains 0.43±0.08 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.29±0.05 wt% CaO

Name

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Structure Class

achondrites

Chemical Class

Ureilite

Country

Year found

2014

Mass

30 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 15.849 g

History: The meteorite was found on 20 April 2014 during a field trip in the Oman desert. Physical characteristics: Brownish individual lacking any fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is dominantly composed of

RaS530
NWA2234

Name

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Structure Class

achondrites

Chemical Class

Ureilite

Country

Year found

2000

Mass

422 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 1.945g   (2) 1.776g   (3) 0.737g

This is 1 of 641 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)

NWA4852

Name

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Structure Class

achondrites

Chemical Class

Ureilite

Country

Year found

2002

Mass

237 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 23.9g

This is 1 of 641 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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