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Al Huqf 066
Basic information Name: Al Huqf 066
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AH 066
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Oman
Mass:help 150.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  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 9 Jan 2009
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 7
  Line 4:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta, Oman
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:8-Mar-07
Latitude:19°30.632'N
Longitude:57°07.752'E
Mass (g):150.1
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):22.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.1
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9
Classifier:E. Gnos, E. Janots, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):150.1
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:E. Gnos, E. Janots, B. Hofmann, L. Huber
Comments:Paired with AH 003
Institutions
   and collections
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 30' 38"N, 57° 7' 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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