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Dhofar 686
Basic information Name: Dhofar 686
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 686
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 530 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 160:
Date:3 Feb 2001
Latitude:19°20.670'N
Longitude:54°43.701'E
Mass (g):530
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):26
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:Mün
Comments:sv
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 20' 40"N, 54° 43' 42"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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