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Dhofar 1717
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1717
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1717
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 211 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 6 May 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:Feb 2010
Latitude:19°4.913'N
Longitude:54°42.883'E
Mass (g):211
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):22.4±6.0 (3.8-23.7, n=54)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.1±7.0 (3-20.7, n=44)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):26.2
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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 4' 55"N, 54° 42' 53"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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