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Dhofar 1770
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1770
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1770
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Oman
Mass:help 338 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 10 Dec 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:Jan 2013
Latitude:19°10'21.2"N
Longitude:54°46'12.3"E
Mass (g):338
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):22.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.9
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):28.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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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° 10' 21"N, 54° 46' 12"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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