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Dhofar 1762 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dhofar 1762 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 1762 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Oman Mass: 81 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 651 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 12 Nov 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Dhofar 1762 (Dho 1762) 18.888°N, 54.467°E Zufar, Oman Purchased: 2018 Feb Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Found in Oman in 2010 by an anonymous prospector and subsequently purchased by Martin Goff in February 2018. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fairly closely packed, well-formed, small chondrules (apparent diameter 220±130 µm, N = 20), mineral grains and very fine grained CAI are set in a finer grained matrix (orange-brown in thin section). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa1.7-60.7, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.10-0.45 wt.%, mean 0.19±0.13 wt.%, N = 8), orthopyroxene (Fs0.6-36.6Wo0.9-2.8, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs1.3-1.5Wo38.3-46.0, N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Specimens: 16.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. M. Goff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2169 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 433 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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