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48.6 gram end cut. 55 x 34 x 15 mm.   L5

TKW 1.75 metric tons. Fall not observed. Found 1954, Al Wusta, Oman.

The area appears to be an oil field with lots of collection pipes.

 


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Ordinary chondrite L5 (Xenolithic).
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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 1/26/2023 4:48:19 PM		 Found in 1954. I wonder if the oil field and all those pipes were already there then. The map is dated 2023.
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 1/26/2023 1:38:49 PM		 interesting looking Ghubara
 

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