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Al Huqf 055
Basic information Name: Al Huqf 055
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AH 055
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1866 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Jan 2008
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 8
  Line 6:
Origin or pseudonym:Oman, desert plain
Date:1-Mar-2001
Latitude:19°38.444'N
Longitude:57°17.314'E
Mass (g):1865.6
Pieces:12
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):16.6-17.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.6-18.1
Magnetic suscept.:5.01
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):20.6
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:En79.8Wo11.2/An42Or1
Institutions
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Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 38' 27"N, 57° 17' 19"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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