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Dhofar 024
Basic information Name: Dhofar 024
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 024
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 164 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.9
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  H3.9
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.9
Recommended:  H3.9    [explanation]

This is 1 of 44 approved meteorites classified as H3.9.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 5
  Line 24:
Date:10 Mar 2000
Latitude:19°03.7'N
Longitude:54°33.2'E
Mass (g):164
Pieces:2
Class:H3.9
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18 (16.1-23.7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.7
Classifier:M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov, and S. Afanasiev (Vernad)
Comments:PMD = 6.5; prob. paired 022
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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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (19° 4'N, 54° 33'E)
     Recommended::   (19° 3' 42"N, 54° 33' 12"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart

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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