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Jiddat al Harasis 078
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 078
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 078
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass:help 883 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 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:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 316:
Date:17 Jan 2003
Latitude:19°54.869'N
Longitude:55°39.767'E
Mass (g):882.7
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB; analyst: E. Gnos and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Type spec location:NMB
Finder:A. AL-Kathiri, B. Hofmann, M. Eggiman, U. Krähenbühl
Comments:paired with JaH 079
Institutions
   and collections
NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 54' 52"N, 55° 39' 46"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1753 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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