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Al Huqf 069
Basic information Name: Al Huqf 069
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: AH 069
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass:help 251 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 497 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 9 Jul 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Origin or pseudonym:desert plain
Date:31 Jan 2009
Latitude:19°16.077'N
Longitude:57°08.047'E
Mass (g):250.5
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:F. Zurfluh, Bern; B. Hofmann, NMBE; E. Gnos, MHNGE
Type spec mass (g):250.5
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:A. Al-Kathiri, M. Cosarinski, B. Hofmann, M. Meier, F. Zurfluh
Comments:Submitted by B.A. Hofmann
Institutions
   and collections
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011)
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. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 16' 5"N, 57° 8' 3"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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