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Dhofar 1624

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1624
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1624
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass: 621 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	H-melt rock
Recommended:			H-melt rock [explanation]

This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites classified as H-melt rock. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 5 Nov 2011

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Dhofar 1624 (Dho 1624) 18°09.815’N, 54°16.525’E

Zufar, Oman

Found: 2009 May 10

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H, melt rock)

History: One dark brown stone was discovered in the desert about 60 km NNE of Thumrayt.

Physical characteristics: Magnetic susceptibility log χ=5.11 (χ in m³/kg x10^-9).

Petrography: (Bartoschewitz, Bart) Fine-grained rock with few recognizable chondrules and anhedral pyroxene and olivine in a matrix (<0.03 mm) of polygonal equigranular olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase. Most metal oxidized.

Geochemistry: (Bartoschewitz, Bart and P. Appel and B. Mader Kiel) Olivine Fa_17.4-18.3, CaO=0.1 at%, Fe/Mn = 33. Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_13.9-15.1Wo_3.3-4.9; Ca pyroxene Fs_8.4-18.8Wo_39.6-5.7; feldspar An_10.7Or_4.0.

Classification: Chondrite (H melt rock)

Specimens: A total of 20 g of sample is on deposit at Kiel. A sample of 51 g and one thin section are on deposit at Bart.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 107:

State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2009 May 10
Latitude:	18°09.815'N
Longitude:	54°16.525'E
Mass (g):	621
Pieces:	1
Class:	H-melt rock
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.8 (17.4-18.3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.7 (13.9-15.1)
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.3-4.9
Magnetic suscept.:	5.11
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.0
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	Submitted by Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 9' 49"N, 54° 16' 32"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 26 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)

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