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Dhofar 1654
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1654
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1654
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 50 kg
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 29 May 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 134:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:6 Dec 2011
Latitude:18°40.726'N
Longitude:54°17.256'E
Mass (g):50000
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.4
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):99.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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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' 44"N, 54° 17' 15"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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