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Dhofar 361
Basic information Name: Dhofar 361
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 361
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1715 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 663 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 87:
Date:2000
Latitude:19°01.963'N
Longitude:54°51.449'E
Mass (g):1715
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):14.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):(1.6-29.8)
Wollastonite (mol%):8.3 (1.9-21.6)
Classifier:A. Greshake (MNB)
Type spec mass (g):29.3
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (19° 2'N, 54° 51'E)
     Recommended::   (19° 1' 58"N, 54° 51' 27"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)
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