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Dhofar 2063
Basic information Name: Dhofar 2063
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2063
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Oman
Mass:help 36 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10614 approved meteorites (plus 19 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 30 Dec 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:14 Apr 2010
Latitude:18°48.83'N
Longitude:54°24.23'E
Mass (g):36000
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.1±0.3 (N=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0±0.5 (N=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.1 (N=8)
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):181.6
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Analyst N.N. Kononkova (Vernad); submitted by C. A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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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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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 48' 50"N, 54° 24' 14"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2166 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3999 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)
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