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Dhofar 094
Basic information Name: Dhofar 094
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 094
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Oman
Mass:help 4.4 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  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)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 68:
Date:1999
Latitude:18°39.90'N
Longitude:54°34.00'E
Mass (g):4395
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.2
Classifier:A. Greshake (MNB)
Type spec mass (g):36.8
Comments:sv
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. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (18° 40'N, 54° 34'E)
     Recommended::   (18° 39' 54"N, 54° 34' 0"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 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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