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Dhofar 1529
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1529
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1529
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Oman
Mass:help 175 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H3.2
Recommended:  H3.2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H3.2.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 92:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:18 Mar 2006
Latitude:18°12.30'N
Longitude:54°17.87'E
Mass (g):175
Pieces:1
Class:H3.2
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):1.5-71.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.0-17.5; 7.9
Wollastonite (mol%):0.4-1.5; 34.5
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):34
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:MFarmer
Finder:MFarmer
Comments:Cr2O3 in Fe olivine 0.01-0.46 wt.%. Field name: MF06-1; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
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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::   (18° 12' 18"N, 54° 17' 52"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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