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Qatar 008
Basic information Name: Qatar 008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Qatar
Mass:help 366 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Mar 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Jarayan al Batnah
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:2015 Apr 2
Latitude:24°41'11,13''N
Longitude:51°17'18,67''E
Mass (g):366
Pieces:13
Class:H4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):16.8±0.2 (n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.8±0.1 (n=20)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.2 (n=20)
Classifier:M. Patzek and A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):41.3
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Finder
Finder:Nasser Albuainain
Comments:Submitted by Ebert S.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Qatar
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 41' 11"N, 51° 17' 19"E)

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     This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Jarayan al Batnah, Qatar
     This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Qatar
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