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Dhofar 1400
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1400
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1400
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass:help 316 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  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)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Revised 26 Jul 2007: Corrected date
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 5
  Line 17:
Date:2003 Nov 25
Latitude:19°11.700'N
Longitude:54°35.756'E
Mass (g):315.5
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):20.5
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Strope
Comments:Corrected date, 27 July 2007
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
Strope: 421 Fourth Street, Glen Dale, WV 26038, United States; Website (private 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::   (19° 11' 42"N, 54° 35' 45"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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