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Dhofar 722
Basic information Name: Dhofar 722
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 722
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 230 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  H3.9
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.9
Recommended:  H3.9    [explanation]

This is 1 of 44 approved meteorites classified as H3.9.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 160:
Date:15 Jan 2001
Latitude:18°41.2'N
Longitude:54°32.0'E
Mass (g):230
Pieces:4
Class:H3.9
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):16.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:S. Afanasiev, Vernad, analyzed by N. Kononkova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):40.3
Comments:PMD Ol 5.6
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 41' 12"N, 54° 32' 0"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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