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Qarat al Milh 001
Basic information Name: Qarat al Milh 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QaM 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Oman
Mass:help 7.27 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  LL4-6
Recommended:  LL4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as LL4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 5
  Line 170:
Date:2005 Feb 20
Latitude:21°22.209'N
Longitude:57°43.746'E
Mass (g):7269
Pieces:1
Class:LL4-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):26.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.2
Wollastonite (mol%):2.7
Classifier:A. Al-Kathiri, E. Gnos, Institute of Geological Sciences, Bern; B. Hofmann, Natural History Museum Bern, Analyst E. Gnos, Bern
Type spec mass (g):7269
Type spec location:Bern
Finder:J. Bühler, M. Eggimann, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Institutions
   and collections		 Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (21° 22' 13"N, 57° 43' 45"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Ad Dakhiliyah, Oman
     This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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