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Dhofar 151
Basic information Name: Dhofar 151
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 151
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 79 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL5-6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  LL5-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL5-6
Recommended:  LL5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 125:
Date:2000
Latitude:19°6.07'N
Longitude:54°49.68'E
Mass (g):79
Pieces:1
Class:LL5-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.2
Classifier:A. Greshake (MNB)
Type spec mass (g):12.8
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. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (19° 6'N, 54° 50'E)
     Recommended::   (19° 6' 4"N, 54° 49' 41"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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