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Dhofar 1016
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1016
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1016
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass:help 125.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 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:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 243:
Date:7 Jan 2003
Latitude:18°33.565'N
Longitude:54°2.708'E
Mass (g):125.207
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB; analyst: E. Gnos and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Type spec location:NMB
Finder: E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Institutions
   and collections
NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 33' 34"N, 54° 2' 42"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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