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Dhofar 1614
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1614
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1614
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass:help 12.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Mar 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 105:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:2009
Latitude:18°43'42.90"N
Longitude:54°31'58.10"E
Mass (g):12.5
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.9
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):2.55
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Finder:F. Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Bunch
Institutions
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NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 43' 43"N, 54° 31' 58"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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