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Nova 014
Basic information Name: Nova 014
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman?
Mass:help 1202 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2121 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 6 Jun 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:14 Aug 2001
Mass (g):1202
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):21.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):21.39
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:E. Haiderer
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Note: The exact find coordinates are lost. The finder says it was found in the Dhofar region.; submitted by C.A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Haiderer: Erich Haiderer Laboratory, P.O. Box 88, A-1140 Vienna, Austria (private address; updated 7 Jan 2015)
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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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is the only approved meteorite from Oman?

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