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Dhofar 801
Basic information Name: Dhofar 801
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 801
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 119.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6626 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Revised 20 May 2009: Corrected pairings given in MB87 Table 4; priv. comm. from B. Hofmann
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 227:
Date:28 Jan 2001
Latitude:19°3.341'N
Longitude:54°33.065'E
Mass (g):119.149
Pieces:2
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
Comments:Corrected note, 20 May 2009: pr Dho 790, 791, 793, 798, 802, 803, 804
Institutions
   and collections		 NMB: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 3' 20"N, 54° 33' 4"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4003 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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