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Dhofar 114
Basic information Name: Dhofar 114
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 114
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 184 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [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 88:
Date:2000
Latitude:18°22.76'N
Longitude:54°13.65'E
Mass (g):184
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6
Classifier:A. Greshake (MNB)
Type spec mass (g):27.1
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° 23'N, 54° 14'E)
     Recommended::   (18° 22' 46"N, 54° 13' 39"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 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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