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Jiddat al Harasis 231
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 231
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 231
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Oman
Mass:help 14.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [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
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 5
  Line 86:
Date:2005 Feb 18
Latitude:19°56.222'N
Longitude:56°21.481'E
Mass (g):14.3
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):26.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
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):14.3
Type spec location:Bern
Finder:S. Bartels, J. Bühler, I. Leya, B. Hofmann, S. Lorenzetti
Comments:Pigeonite
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::   (19° 56' 13"N, 56° 21' 29"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1753 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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