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Jiddat al Harasis 515
Basic information Name: Jiddat al Harasis 515
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: JaH 515
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Oman
Mass:help 24.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  L5-6
Recommended:  L5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 61 approved meteorites classified as L5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Dec 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 5
  Line 34:
State/Prov/County:Oman
Date:Jan 20, 2008
Latitude:19°32.978'N
Longitude:55°14.801'E
Mass (g):24.4
Pieces:1
Class:L5-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Classifier:E. Gnos, B. Hofmann
Type spec mass (g):24.4
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:A. Al-Kathiri, E. Gnos, B. Hofmann, A. Grimberg, E. Janots. Brecciated
Comments:brecciated; submitted by Beda Hofmann. Comment accidentally omitted from MB97
Institutions
   and collections		 NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 32' 59"N, 55° 14' 48"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2132 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3961 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 374 unapproved names)
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