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Dhofar 195
Basic information Name: Dhofar 195
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 195
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.38 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H3-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 85 approved meteorites classified as H3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 167:
Date:3 Dec 1999
Latitude:18°15.8'N
Longitude:54°14.8'E
Mass (g):2384
Pieces:52
Class:H3-5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.6
Classifier:M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov and S. Afanasiev (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):146.4
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (18° 16'N, 54° 15'E)
     Recommended::   (18° 15' 48"N, 54° 14' 48"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4003 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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