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Dhofar 1476
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1476
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1476
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Oman
Mass:help 28.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 709 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 11 Aug 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:21 Feb 2008
Latitude:18°59.319'N
Longitude:54°24.188'E
Mass (g):28.9
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):11.1, range 0.8-21.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.3, range 4.7-16.9
Magnetic suscept.:4.29
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, Bart; P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):5.8
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:An14Or9; kamacite Co 0.5%; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
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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)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 59' 19"N, 54° 24' 11"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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