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Dhofar 207
Basic information Name: Dhofar 207
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 207
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Oman
Mass:help 500 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.4/3.5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H3.4/3.5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.4/3.5
Recommended:  H3.4/3.5    [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as H3.4/3.5.
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 3:
Date:4 Dec 1999
Latitude:18°15.8'N
Longitude:54°04.1'E
Mass (g):499.5
Pieces:1
Class:H3.4/3.5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):7.34-34.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.7-31.5
Classifier:S. Afanasiev, N. Kononkova and A. I. Ivliev (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):80
Comments:PMD 27.29, FeO 13.96 wt%
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Meteorites Australia   
Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (18° 16'N, 54° 4'E)
     Recommended::   (18° 15' 48"N, 54° 4' 6"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 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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