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Wabar impact craters, Rub' al-Khali, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wabar impact craters | Group of Impact Craters |
| Rub' al-Khali | - not defined - |
| Eastern Province | Region |
| Saudi Arabia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° 30' 9'' North , 50° 28' 27'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Impact Craters
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Wabar craters
Very young small impact craters discovered in the 1930s.
The craters are all located in the Rub’ al Khali (Empty Quarter).
"Thermoluminescence dating by Prescott et al. (2004) suggests the impact site is less than 250 years old. This is consistent with Arab reports of a fireball passing over Riyadh, variously reported as occurring in 1863 or 1891 and heading southeast, reported in Philby's book Empty Quarter (1933). Fragments scattered from the path of this fireball at the Umm al-Hadidah site 25 kilometers northwest of Wabar, which contained fragments of a Type IIIA octahedrite identical to Wabar fragments, support this northwestern direction of arrival." (Wikipedia)
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| ⓘ Coesite Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Maghemite Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Reevesite Formula: Ni6Fe3+2(OH)16(CO3) · 4H2O |
| ⓘ Stishovite Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Taenite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Fe,Ni) |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Maghemite | 4.BB.15 | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Coesite | 4.DA.35 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Stishovite | 4.DA.40 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Reevesite | 5.DA.50 | Ni6Fe3+2(OH)16(CO3) · 4H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Reevesite | Ni6Fe23+(OH)16(CO3) · 4H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Reevesite | Ni6Fe23+(OH)16(CO3) · 4H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Coesite | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Maghemite | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Reevesite | Ni6Fe23+(OH)16(CO3) · 4H2O |
| O | ⓘ Stishovite | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Coesite | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Stishovite | SiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Maghemite | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Reevesite | Ni6Fe23+(OH)16(CO3) · 4H2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Reevesite | Ni6Fe23+(OH)16(CO3) · 4H2O |
| Ni | ⓘ Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
Localities in this Region
- Eastern Province
- Rub' al-Khali
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Arabian PeninsulaPeninsula
- Rub’ al Khali DesertDesert
Arabian PlateTectonic Plate
- Arabian PlatformBasin
- Rub' al Khali basinBasin
AsiaContinent
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References
Spencer, L. J. (1933) Meteoric iron and silica-glass from the meteorite craters of Henbury (Central Australia) and Wabar (Arabia) Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 23 (142) 387-404 doi:10.1180/minmag.1933.023.142.01
Chao, E. C. T., Fahey, J. J., Littler, J. (1961) Coesite from Wabar Crater, near Al Hadida, Arabia. Science, 133 (3456). 882-883 doi:10.1126/science.133.3456.882
Mittlefehldt, David W., See, Thomas H., Hörz, Friedrich (1992) Dissemination and fractionation of projectile materials in the impact melts from Wabar Crater, Saudi Arabia. Meteoritics, 27 (4) 361-370 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb00217.x
BASURAH, H. M. (2003) Estimating a new date for the Wabar meteorite impact. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 38. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00324.x
Prescott, J. R. (2004) Luminescence dating of the Wabar meteorite craters, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109. doi:10.1029/2003je002136
Gnos, E., Hofmann, B. A., Halawani, M. A., Tarabulsi, Y., Hakeem, M., Al Shanti, M., Greber, N. D., Holm, S., Alwmark, C., Greenwood, R. C., Ramseyer, K. (2013) The Wabar impact craters, Saudi Arabia, revisited. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48 (10) 2000-2014 doi:10.1111/maps.12218
Hamann, Christopher, Hecht, Lutz, Ebert, Matthias, Wirth, Richard (2013) Chemical projectile–target interaction and liquid immiscibility in impact glass from the Wabar craters, Saudi Arabia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 121. 291-310 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.030
Komatsu, Goro, Coletta, Alessandro, Battagliere, Maria Libera, Virelli, Maria (2019) Wabar, Saudi Arabia. In Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters. Springer International Publishing. p.209-210. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05451-9_54
Hanafy, Sherif M., Soupios, Pantelis, Stampolidis, Alexandros, Koch, Christian Bender, Al‐Ramadan, Khalid, Al‐Shuhail, Abdullatif, Solling, Theis, Argadestya, Ignatius (2021) Comprehensive Geophysical Study at Wabar Crater, Rub Al‐Khali Desert, Saudi Arabia. Earth and Space Science, 8 (9) doi:10.1029/2020ea001432
Wabar impact craters, Rub' al-Khali, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia