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Dhofar 658
Basic information Name: Dhofar 658
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 658
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 225 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L4/5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4/5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 94  (2008)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Revised 17 Dec 2008: reclassification in MB94
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 94:
Dhofar 658 was listed as an L4/5 chondrite. More recently A. Bischoff (Mün) and J. Grossman (USGS) studied this
sample and found that the classification was incorrect. Dhofar 658 is an H chondrite with Fa19.1 and Fs17.0 Wo1.2
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 132:
Date:29 Jan 2001
Latitude:19°06.438'N
Longitude:54°47.206'E
Mass (g):225
Pieces:1
Class:L4/5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):21.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):19±2
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):19.5
Type spec location:Mün
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
USGS: US Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, United States (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 6' 26"N, 54° 47' 12"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2169 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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