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Shişr 171
Basic information Name: Shişr 171
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass:help 74.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 392 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Mar 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1896:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:2009
Latitude:18°38'8.80"N
Longitude:53°54'16.80"E
Mass (g):74.6
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):27.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):15.39
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Finder:F. Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Bunch
Institutions
   and collections
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 38' 9"N, 53° 54' 17"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2169 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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