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Dhofar 1691
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1691
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1691
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 105.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H5-6
Recommended:  H5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 148 approved meteorites classified as H5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 18 Oct 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:2011 Jan 30
Latitude:18°12.681'N
Longitude:54°17.970'E
Mass (g):105.5
Pieces:1
Class:H5-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:B. Hofmann NMBE, E. Gnos MHNGE, N. Greber, Bern
Type spec mass (g):105.5
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:D. Abplanalp, U. Eggenberger, N. Federspiel, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Comments:breccia, oriented stone; submitted by Beda Hofmann
Institutions
   and collections		 NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)
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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° 12' 41"N, 54° 17' 58"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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