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Oman Desert. They discovered two different meteorite falls. Recovered were
samples from the Dhofar 020 and Sayh al Uhaymir 001 falls. The search was
organized by six people using three cars and a land cruiser. On the day
before finding the stones the hunters met with each other and decided not
to go back to the hotel but stay the night in the desert. Early in the morning,
after breakfast, they made there first discovery. During the next three days
of collecting more than 256 kilograms of stones were recovered. Over 2000
pieces were recovered the largest piece weighting 65 kilograms. Some days
later; a team member was using binoculars and saw a black dot on the surface
of the desert. When they reached it they were surprised to find a big fresh
stone with a fine fusion crust. It was the first of many thousands of individuals
finds with a total weight over 408 kilograms. During this expedition many other
meteorites were recovered including two new lunar samples.