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Jiddat al Harasis 323

Basic information

Name: Jiddat al Harasis 323
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 323
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Oman
Mass: 2.97 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 93	(2008)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [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 54:

Origin or pseudonym:	Oman, desert plain
Date:	9-Feb-2005
Latitude:	19°57.778'N
Longitude:	56°26.752'E
Mass (g):	2967
Pieces:	3
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	19.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2
Classifier:	E. Gnos, MHNGE and B. Hofmann, NMBE.
Type spec mass (g):	2967
Type spec location:	NMBE
Finder:	S. Bartels, J. Bühler, B. Hofmann, NMBE; I. Leya, S. Lorenzetti

Institutions
and collections

NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)

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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° 57' 47"N, 56° 26' 45"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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