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Dhofar 781
Basic information Name: Dhofar 781
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 781
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1200 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11238 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 207:
Date:10 Feb 2000
Latitude:18°34.281'N
Longitude:54°42.887'E
Mass (g):1200
Pieces:19
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):18.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):16
Classifier:A. Sokol and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):36
Comments:calc. v.
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 34' 17"N, 54° 42' 53"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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