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Basic information | Name: Ghubara This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1954 Country: Oman Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8604 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 13:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. METEORITE DISCOVERED IN SOUTHERN ARABIA Name: GHUBARA The place of fall or discovery: Oman, Southern Arabia; φ = 19°13'40", N; λ =56° 8'34" E from Greenwich Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1954, Class and type: STONY, chondrite. The number of individual specimens: 2 large masses. Total weight: ? The circumstances of fall or discovery: Unknown. The meteorite is at present being studies at Utrecht, the Netherlands. SOURCE: Letter from Dr. M. Hey to E.L. Krinov dated July 29, 1956, and letters from Dr. C. de Jager to E.L. Krinov dated September 19, 1958 and February 3, 1959. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 13, Moscow (1959)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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Ghubara (1954) (In NHM Cat) Gnubara (In NHM Cat) |