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Dhofar 808
Basic information Name: Dhofar 808
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 808
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 2.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12485 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)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 234:
Date:30 Jan 2001
Latitude:18°10.799'N
Longitude:54°12.220'E
Mass (g):2.496
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann and A. Al-Kathiri, NMB
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::   (18° 10' 48"N, 54° 12' 13"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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