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Dhofar 1986

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1986
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1986
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Oman
Mass: 252 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 6 Jan 2015

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:	Desert plain
Place of purchase:	SQU
Date:	Jan 2013
Latitude:	18°47.722'N
Longitude:	54°01.615'E
Mass (g):	252.30
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	17.5 (by X-ray diffraction, ±1 mol% Fa)
Classifier:	S. Nasir (SQU), N. Banerjee, A. Ali, P. McCausland (UWO)
Type spec mass (g):	52
Type spec location:	SQU
Main mass:	SQU
Finder:	SQU-UWO team
Comments:	Filed No SQU_25; XRD +/- 1% Fa; submitted by S. Nasir

Institutions
and collections

UWO: University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, BGS 1026, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015)
SQU: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Science, Earth Sciences Department, P.O. Box 36 Code 123 AlKhoud, Oman (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 47' 43"N, 54° 1' 37"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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