Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Dhofar 218

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Dhofar 218

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 218
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 218
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass: 570 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6426 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 13:

Date:	15 Jan 2001
Latitude:	18°41.1'N
Longitude:	54°24.4'E
Mass (g):	570
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.2
Classifier:	S. V. Afanasiev and N. Kononkova (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):	132
Type spec location:	Vernad
Main mass:	unknown

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(18° 41'N, 54° 24'E)
Recommended::	(18° 41' 6"N, 54° 24' 24"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)

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