The meteorite found in the Empty Quarter of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the largest meteorite found in the KSA and has the shape of an irregular ellipsoid with semi-axes of 0.65?m,0.38?m, and0.27?m; a density of 6400?kg/m3; and a mass of 2550?kg. It is a massive piece belonging to the category of iron–nickel meteorites, which is contained in only 5% of the total showers. The present report is on the Elemental composition and physical characteristics of the massive meteorite of the saudi empty quarter employing with laser-induced break down spectroscopy (LIBS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy-dispersive x-ray spectrophotometry (EDX).Present study has indicated that the meteorite is composed of about 5% Ni, 91% Fe, 1.51% P, 0.3% Co, and a host of other elements, most of them appeared as oxides. The measured density of the meteorite is 6400?kg/m3and it is confirmed by the micro-hardness test that the meteorite is porous (approximately about 19%). Based on our investigation, it is very likely that this meteorite would have “escaped” from the belt around Mars and Jupiter and is unlikely from the moon or elsewhere. This could be the first such study, employing the advanced instruments mentioned above regarding massive Saudi meteorite.
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机译：在沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）的空区中发现的陨石是KSA中最大的陨石，具有不规则椭球的形状，半轴为0.65Ω，0.38Ω，and0.27？m;密度为6400？kg / m3;和2550 kg的质量。它是一种属于铁镍陨石类别的巨大件，其仅占总淋浴的5％。本报告是在激光诱导的分解光谱（LIBS），X射线荧光（XRF），扫描电子显微镜（SEM），X射线，X射线，X射线衍射（XRD）和能量分散X射线分光光度法（EDX）.present研究表明，陨石由约5％Ni，91％Fe，1.51％P，0.3％Co和一系列其他元素组成。他们中的大多数都是氧化物。陨石的测量密度是6400？kg / m 3和它通过陨石多孔的微硬度试验证实了（约约19％）。根据我们的调查，这一陨石很可能会从火星和木星周围的腰带上“逃脱”，而且来自月球或其他地方不太可能。这可能是第一个这样的研究，采用上面提到的关于大规模沙特陨石的先进仪器。
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