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Dhofar 360
Basic information Name: Dhofar 360
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 360
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 15.3 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL3-6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  LL3-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3-6
Recommended:  LL3-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 29 approved meteorites classified as LL3-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 86:
Date:2000
Latitude:19°02.401'N
Longitude:54°47.030'E
Mass (g):15300
Pieces:1
Class:LL3-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):28.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):(8.3-34.6)
Wollastonite (mol%):20.3 (2.7-32.3)
Classifier:A. Greshake (MNB)
Type spec mass (g):40.1
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (19° 2'N, 54° 47'E)
     Recommended::   (19° 2' 24"N, 54° 47' 2"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart

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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