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Jiddat al Harasis 018

Basic information

Name: Jiddat al Harasis 018
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 018
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass: 202 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 195:

Date:	26 Apr 2000
Latitude:	19°17.5'N
Longitude:	55°14.6'E
Mass (g):	202
Pieces:	2
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	23.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.1
Classifier:	M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov and S. Afanasiev (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):	36.9

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Matteo Chinellato

Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(19° 18'N, 55° 15'E)
Recommended::	(19° 17' 30"N, 55° 14' 36"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 26 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)

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