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Dhofar 1507
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1507
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1507
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.4 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L~6
Recommended:  L~6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L~6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 4 Jun 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 82:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:2009 May 10
Latitude:18°40.823'N
Longitude:54°08.833'E
Mass (g):2400
Pieces:1
Class:L~6
Weathering grade:W4
Magnetic suscept.:4.44
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Poorly defined chondrules to 2 mm in recrystallized matrix with melt veins and vugs.; submitted by 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. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 40' 49"N, 54° 8' 50"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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