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Jiddat al Harasis 285
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 285
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 285
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Oman
Mass:help 235 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  H4-5
Recommended:  H4-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 84 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as H4-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 5
  Line 139:
Date:2005 Mar 15
Latitude:19°35.259'N
Longitude:56°27.286'E
Mass (g):235.5
Pieces:1
Class:H4-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
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):235.5
Type spec location:Bern
Finder:A. Al-Kathiri, J. Bühler
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° 35' 16"N, 56° 27' 17"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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