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Dhofar 1665
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1665
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1665
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 3.69 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 820 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 18 Nov 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:14 Dec 2011
Latitude:19°10.366'N
Longitude:54°55.340'E
Mass (g):3687
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):14.6±9.2 (0.6-26.2, n=31)
Ferrosilite (mol%):7±1.5 (5.1-10.4, n=18)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):74.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marcin Cimala
Comments:Mean chondrule diameter 0.5 mm. Low metal content compared to H.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 10' 22"N, 54° 55' 20"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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