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Dhofar 747
Basic information Name: Dhofar 747
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 747
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1555 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 795 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)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 4
  Line 173:
Date:Oct 2000
Latitude:18°47.739'N
Longitude:54°44.372'E
Mass (g):1555
Pieces:many
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):19.4 (max 23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.5 (4.0-22.6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:J. Otto and A. Ruh, Frei
Type spec mass (g):27
Institutions
   and collections		 Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 47' 44"N, 54° 44' 22"E)

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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