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Shişr 193
Basic information Name: Shişr 193
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass:help 176.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  LL4-5
Recommended:  LL4-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as LL4-5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Aug 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert plain
Date:Feb 8, 2014
Latitude:18°29.656'N
Longitude:53°05.480'E
Mass (g):176.1
Pieces:2
Class:LL4-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):26.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:B. Hofmann, N. Greber, E. Gnos, NMBE
Type spec mass (g):176.1
Type spec location:NMBE
Main mass:NMBE
Finder:Thomas Burri, Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Marianna Mészáros
Comments:brecciated, average chondrule size 1.00±0.41mm (n=93); submitted by Beda Hofmann
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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 29' 39"N, 53° 5' 29"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)
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