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Shişr 006
Basic information Name: Shişr 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 432 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L3.9
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.9
Recommended:  L3.9    [explanation]

This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites classified as L3.9.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Has cedilla under second s
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 342:
Date:3 Aug 2000
Latitude:18°24.9'N
Longitude:53°59.3'E
Mass (g):432
Pieces:1
Class:L3.9
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):11.3-27.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):8.2-27.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:S. Afanasiev, Vernad, analyzed by A. Ulianov, MwSU
Type spec mass (g):172
Type spec location:additional MwSU
Institutions
   and collections
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
MwSU: Department of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobjovy Gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia (institutional address; updated 1 Mar 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Don Edwards   
Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 24' 54"N, 53° 59' 18"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2166 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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