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Dhofar 1822
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1822
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1822
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 160.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Jan 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:sand/carbonate desert
Date:Jan 2011
Latitude:18°42.8583'N
Longitude:54°9.863'E
Mass (g):160.1
Pieces:2
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):26.5±0.7 (N=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.5±0.9 (N=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.2 (N=15)
Classifier:C. Herd, UAb, S. Nasir, SQU, and T. Theye, UStutt
Type spec mass (g):20.9
Type spec location:UAb
Main mass:SQU
Comments:Field number O-38; submitted by C. Herd
Institutions
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UAb: 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada, Canada; Website (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
SQU: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Science, Earth Sciences Department, P.O. Box 36 Code 123 Al­Khoud, Oman (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)
UStutt: Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallchemie, Azenbergstraße 18, D-70174 Stuttgart , Germany (institutional address; updated 3 Aug 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 42' 52"N, 54° 9' 52"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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