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Dhofar 1549
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1549
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1549
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Oman
Mass:help 67 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  LL3.4
Recommended:  LL3.4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL3.4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 96:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:08 Jan 2008
Latitude:18°25.82'N
Longitude:54°14.23'E
Mass (g):67
Pieces:1
Class:LL3.4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):11.7-56.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.9; 26.6; 11.3-15.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0; 17.1; 27.5-41.1
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):13.95
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:MFarmer
Finder:MFarmer
Comments:Cr2O3 in Fe olivine 0.01-0.09 wt.%. Field name: MF08-20; 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::   (18° 25' 49"N, 54° 14' 14"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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