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Shişr 040

Basic information

Name: Shişr 040
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Oman
Mass: 121.4 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	L4-5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4-5
Recommended:			L4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 30 approved meteorites classified as L4-5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Has cedilla under second s

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 490:

Date:	25 Oct 2002
Latitude:	18°32.866'N
Longitude:	53°57.007'E
Mass (g):	121.414
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4-5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.9
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:	M. Hauser and L. Moser

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::	(18° 32' 52"N, 53° 57' 0"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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