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Dhofar 1824

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1824
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1824
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass: 41.42 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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 23 Jan 2014

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:	sand/carbonate desert
Date:	Jan 2011
Latitude:	18°20.433'N
Longitude:	54°23.5'E
Mass (g):	41416
Pieces:	2
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	25.6±0.5 (N=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.5±0.6 (N=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3±0.2 (N=16)
Classifier:	C. Herd, UAb, S. Nasir, SQU, and T. Theye, UStutt
Type spec mass (g):	54.0
Type spec location:	UAb
Main mass:	SQU
Comments:	Field number O-56; submitted by C. Herd

Institutions
and collections

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° 20' 26"N, 54° 23' 30"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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