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Dhofar 1459
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1459
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1459
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Oman
Mass:help 50.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 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 21 Apr 2010
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 1
  Line 67:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:23-Feb-2008
Latitude:19°01.129'N
Longitude:54°22.411'E
Mass (g):50.4
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.1-19.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5-17.8
Magnetic suscept.:5
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):10.1
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Anon
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections		 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. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 1' 8"N, 54° 22' 25"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 26 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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