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Dhofar 1700
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1700
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1700
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 39 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Nov 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:Feb 2010
Latitude:18°51.973'N
Longitude:54°40.780'E
Mass (g):39000
Pieces:>5
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):29.4
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. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 51' 58"N, 54° 40' 47"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2653 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 27 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4526 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 419 unapproved names)
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