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Dhofar 1059
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1059
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1059
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 149 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L5/6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5/6
Recommended:  L5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 192 approved meteorites classified as L5/6.   [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 286:
Date:27 Sep 2000
Latitude:18°51.141'N
Longitude:54°38.928'E
Mass (g):149
Pieces:1
Class:L5/6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, M. Niemeier, Mün
Type spec mass (g):7.8
Type spec location:Mün
Comments:calc.v, sv
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 51' 8"N, 54° 38' 56"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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