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Jiddat al Harasis 1068
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 1068
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 1068
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1540 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Sep 2016
Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wusta
Date:2014 May 2
Latitude:19°23.677'N
Longitude:55°30.858'E
Mass (g):1540
Pieces:2
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.0±0.1 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.3±0.4 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.1 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):42
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marcin Cimala
Finder:Marcin Cimala
Comments:Plagioclase grain size about 20 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 23' 41"N, 55° 30' 51"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1753 approved meteorites from Al Wusta, Oman (plus 81 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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