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Dhofar 908
Basic information Name: Dhofar 908
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 908
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass:help 245 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  Lunar
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Lunar (anorth)
Recommended:  Lunar (anorth)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (anorth).   [show all]
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Data from:
  MB88
  Table 5
  Line 198:
Date:Jan 2003
Latitude:19°19.9'N
Longitude:54°47.0'E
Mass (g):245
Pieces:9
Class:lunar
Fayalite (mol%):31±9
Ferrosilite (mol%):27±7.5
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:Mün
Comments:breccia; An93-99; δ18O = +6.71; δ17O = +3.30; Δ17O=-0.19 (R.N. Clayton, UChi.)
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
   and collections		 UChi: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2011)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 19' 54"N, 54° 47' 0"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2169 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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