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Dhofar 265
Basic information Name: Dhofar 265
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 265
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 324 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2051 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 47:
Date:22 Feb 2001
Latitude:18°36.17'N
Longitude:54°27.31'E
Mass (g):324.3
Pieces:4
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):21.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5
Classifier:A. Sokol and A. Bischoff (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):25
Type spec location:Mün
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (18° 36'N, 54° 27'E)
     Recommended::   (18° 36' 10"N, 54° 27' 19"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

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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