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Jiddat al Harasis 768
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 768
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 768
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Oman
Mass:help 64 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 5 Dec 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:KG073
Date:Feb/Mar 2011
Latitude:19°48'40"N
Longitude:56°30'38"E
Mass (g):64
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9
Classifier:S. Kuehner, UWS, and T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):13.98
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:finder
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Found during a systematic search; submitted by P. Sipiera
Institutions
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NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 48' 40"N, 56° 30' 38"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1753 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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