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Dhofar 160
Basic information Name: Dhofar 160
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 160
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 654 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 134:
Date:Feb 2000
Latitude:19°15'32"N
Longitude:54°50'18"E
Mass (g):654
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):16.5 (0.2-30.8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.1 (2.8-36.8)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8 (0.1-2.2)
Classifier:J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)
Type spec mass (g):23.9
Institutions
   and collections
Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (19° 15' 32"N, 54° 50' 18"E)
     Recommended::   (19° 15' 32"N, 54° 50' 18"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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