SaU 089 (L/LL3.6/3.7)

Name: Sayh al Uhaymir 089 (SaU 089)
Location: Sayh al Uhaymir, Al Wusta region, Oman; 20°52'54"N, 57°12'00"E
TKW: 2618 g (1 piece)
Find: Januar 17, 2001
Classification: ordinary chondrite L/LL3.6/3.7

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Date: 17 Jan 2001; latitude: 20°52.9'N longitude: 57°12.0'E
Mass (g): 2618; piece: 1
Class: L/LL3.6/3.7
Shock stage: S2, weathering grade: W2
Fayalite (mol%): 25, ferrosilite (mol%): 18.6 (6.3-23.4), wollastonite (mol%): 0.3-4.5
Info: One complete stone of 2618 g was found on the surface of the desert. Classification (S. Afanasiev, Vernad): chondrules are well defined (up to 7 mm in diameter), fine-grained, of different types: porphyritic olivine-pyroxene and olivine, radial pyroxene, barred olivine, granular and cryptocrystalline. Shock stage S2; weathering grade W2. The composition of olivine is Fa25.0; the pyroxene composition is Fs6.25–23.4 (n=20); PMD of Ni content in kamacite is 5.58 (n=30), and TL sensitivity measurements are in the range of 0.46–1.0 (A.I. Ivliev, Vernad). Microprobe analyses were done by N. Kononkova, Vernad. Bulk iron content is Fe⁰=4.2 wt%.
Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder.