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Al Huqf 065
Basic information Name: Al Huqf 065
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AH 065
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.08 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12284 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 9 Jan 2009
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 7
  Line 3:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta, Oman
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:7-Mar-07
Latitude:19°19.255'N
Longitude:57°13.786'E
Mass (g):2084.2
Pieces:41
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:E. Gnos, E. Janots, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):2084.2
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:E. Gnos, E. Janots, B. Hofmann, L. Huber
Institutions
   and collections		 NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 19' 15"N, 57° 13' 47"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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