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Dhofar 1443

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1443
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1443
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass: 36.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 95	(2009)	Lunar (anorthositic breccia)
Recommended:			Lunar [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 9 Jan 2009

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 95:

Dhofar 1443 18°25.00′N 54°25.50′E

Oman

Find: 12 April 2001

Lunar (anorthositic breccia)

History: On April 12, 2001, one stone was found by an anonymous finder in the Dhofar region, Oman. Some years later three further tiny fragments were found within a few feet. The total mass of all stones is 36.7 g.

Physical characteristics: The rock is slightly weathered and relatively dark in hand specimen.

Petrography and mineralogy (A. Bischoff, IfP and E. H. Haiderer, Vienna): typical anorthositic breccia with light anorthositic clasts and abundant impact melt clasts embedded within a tough, partially molten matrix. This mostly devitrified matrix contains abundant vesicles and schlieren. Based on the optical appearance the rock has some similarities with Dhofar 081, however, the coordinates do not favor pairing.

Mineral compositions: feldspar ranges from An_83–98with a mean of An_{94.8 ± 3.5}; pyroxene is Fs_12–49; mean: Fs_{30 ± 9}; and olivine is Fa_19–52; mean: Fa_{35.5 ± 9}.

Classification: Lunar (anorthositic breccia).

Type specimens: 7.4 g and one polished thin section (IfP, Mün); an anonymous collector holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB95
  Table 7
  Line 12:

State/Prov/County:	Zufar, Oman
Date:	2001
Latitude:	18°25.00'N
Longitude:	54°25.50'E
Mass (g):	36.7
Pieces:	4
Class:	Lunar (anorthositic breccia)
Fayalite (mol%):	19-52
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12-49
Classifier:	A. Bischoff and E.H. Haiderer, IfP
Type spec mass (g):	7.4
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	anonymous
Comments:	Feldspar, An83–98

Institutions
and collections

IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Haiderer: Erich Haiderer Laboratory, P.O. Box 88, A-1140 Vienna, Austria (private address; updated 7 Jan 2015)
Vienna: University of Vienna, Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, A-1010 Wien, Austria (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)

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Geography:

Oman

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 25' 0"N, 54° 25' 30"E)

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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