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Thumrayt 002
Basic information Name: Thumrayt 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Oman
Mass:help 3.07 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L3.5
Recommended:  L3.5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 98 approved meteorites classified as L3.5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1919:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:09 Mar 2007
Latitude:17°58.17'N
Longitude:54°03.98'E
Mass (g):3072
Pieces:1
Class:L3.5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):11.4-37.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):3.1-20.6; 8.5-12.1
Wollastonite (mol%):0.2-2.0; 43.7-41.7
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):154
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:MFarmer
Finder:MFarmer
Comments:Cr2O3 in Fe olivine 0.01-0.08 wt.%. Field name: MF07-1; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (17° 58' 10"N, 54° 3' 59"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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