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Jiddat al Harasis 344
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 344
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 344
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Oman
Mass:help 497 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 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 75:
Origin or pseudonym:Oman, desert plain
Date:23-Mar-2006
Latitude:19°41.995'N
Longitude:56°34.918'E
Mass (g):497.4
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Classifier:E. Gnos, MHNGE and B. Hofmann, NMBE
Type spec mass (g):497.4
Type spec location:NMBE
Finder:M. Eggimann and E. Gnos, MHNGE
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° 42' 0"N, 56° 34' 55"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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