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Dhofar 1992
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1992
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1992
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 467 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  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 7 May 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:2010 Apr 24
Latitude:18°20.795'N
Longitude:54°24.931'E
Mass (g):467
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):24.5±0.3 (n=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7±0.2 (n=18)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):23.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Plagioclase grain size about 80 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 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. 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° 20' 48"N, 54° 24' 56"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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