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Shişr 198
Basic information Name: Shişr 198
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.12 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Sep 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:2014 Mar 5
Latitude:18°32.09'N
Longitude:53°53.07'E
Mass (g):2116
Pieces:many
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.6±0.3 (n=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.9±0.3 (n=17)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):63
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Plagioclase grain size about 20 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
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° 32' 5"N, 53° 53' 4"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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