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Shişr 028
Basic information Name: Shişr 028
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Oman
Mass:help 818 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Has cedilla under second s
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 478:
Date:31 Jul 1998
Latitude:18°8.566'N
Longitude:53°48.452'E
Mass (g):818.11
Pieces:10
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):27.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB; analyst: E. Gnos and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Type spec location:NMB
Finder:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Institutions
   and collections		 NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 8' 34"N, 53° 48' 27"E)

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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