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Dhofar 548
Basic information Name: Dhofar 548
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 548
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 3.68 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 33:
Date:11 Apr 2001
Latitude:19°20'57.0"N
Longitude:54°34'06.0"E
Mass (g):3677
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1
Wollastonite (mol%):0.84
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, Bartos and P. Appel Kiel
Type spec mass (g):19.8
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Bart
Comments:Fs5.7Wo42.0
Institutions
   and collections
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 20' 57"N, 54° 34' 6"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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