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Al Huqf 051
Basic information Name: Al Huqf 051
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AH 051
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass:help 403 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 5
  Line 4:
Date:2003 Jan 13
Latitude:19°48.151'N
Longitude:57°19.282'E
Mass (g):402.8
Pieces:14
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:A. Al-Kathiri, E. Gnos, Institute of Geological Sciences, Bern; B. Hofmann, Natural History Museum Bern, Analyst E. Gnos, Bern
Type spec mass (g):402.8
Type spec location:Bern
Finder:A. Al-Kathiri, M. Eggimann, B. Hofmann, Krähenbühl
Institutions
   and collections		 Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 48' 9"N, 57° 19' 17"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1756 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 75 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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