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Dhofar 1668
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1668
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1668
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 6.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  Martian (shergottite)
Recommended:  Martian (shergottite)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 298 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite).   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 30 Oct 2012
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Writeup from MB 101:

Dhofar 1668 (Dho 1668)        18.322°N, 54.148°E

Zufar, Oman

Found: 2010 Nov

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)

History: Purchased by Patrick Cavanaugh from an anonymous finder.

Physical characteristics: A single small, brown stone (6.1 g) lacking fusion crust.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Small zoned olivine phenocrysts (with some secondary iron hydroxide staining) occur with prismatic grains of zoned pigeonite and maskelynite, together with accessory Fe-Ti oxides (intergrown ilmenite+magnetite), chromite, pyrrhotite, merrilite and chlorapatite. Minor secondary gypsum and calcite present.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa41.4-64.1, FeO/MnO = 56-59), pigeonite (Fs29.1-40.0Wo9.6-11.5, FeO/MnO = 31-34), plagioclase (An57.2-62.8Or0.7-0.2).

Classification: Martian (shergottite, olivine-phyric). The find location, texture and mineralogy imply that this stone is paired with Dhofar 019.

Specimens: 1.25 g and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. Mr. P. Cavanaugh, Boise, Idaho, holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Place of purchase:Paris
Date:2010 Nov
Latitude:18.322°N
Longitude:54.148°E
Mass (g):6.1
Pieces:1
Class:Martian (shergottite)
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):41.4-64.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):29.1-40.0
Wollastonite (mol%):9.6-11.5
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):1.25
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:P. Cavanaugh
Comments:Submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 19' 19"N, 54° 8' 53"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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