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Dhofar 800
Basic information Name: Dhofar 800
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 800
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 55.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 226:
Date:28 Jan 2001
Latitude:19°3.751'N
Longitude:54°33.029'E
Mass (g):55.884
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Institutions
   and collections		 NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 3' 45"N, 54° 33' 2"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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