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Dhofar 1769
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1769
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1769
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Oman
Mass:help 125.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  Lunar
Recommended:  Lunar    [explanation]

This is 1 of 102 approved meteorites classified as Lunar.   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 13 Feb 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Dhofar 1769 (Dho 1769)        18°20.4’N , 54°12.8’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2012 Oct. 28

Classification: Lunar meteorite

History: A single stone was found by an anonymous finder Oct. 28, 2012

Petrography: The anorthositic highland breccia contains clasts up to 1 cm, which are mainly anorthositic lithologies and crystalline impact melt breccias. It also contains glassy fragments, some of which are highly vesicular, veins, and impact spherules (mostly devitrified) embedded in a fine-grained, clastic matrix. The spherules indicate an origin at the lunar surface. Accessory minerals: ilmenite (abundant), troilite, FeNi metal (rare), and zircon (very rare).

Geochemistry: SEM-EDS-analyses revealed that plagioclase in the bulk rock is anorthitic with a mean of An93.4±5.1 (total range: An70-97; n = 32). Olivine is highly variable in composition Fo20-60 (mean: Fo40±9; n = 16; Fe/Mn = approx. 110 (EDS)). Low-Ca pyroxene also shows variable composition with Fs20-58En29-77Wo2.5-15 (mean: Fs37.5±10En54.6±10Wo7.8±3.3; n = 28; Fe/Mn = approx. 60 (EDS)). Some analyzed Ca-pyroxenes have Fs18-34En28-45Wo33-41. The meteorite is moderately weathered.

Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorthositic breccia)

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:Desert find
Date:2012 Oct. 28
Latitude:18°20.4’N
Longitude:54°12.8’E
Mass (g):125.4
Pieces:1
Class:Lunar
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):40±9
Ferrosilite (mol%):37.5±10
Wollastonite (mol%):7.8±3.3
Classifier:A. Bischoff, M. Weyrauch, H. Haack
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:NHMD
Main mass:With Anonymous finder
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Henning Haack
Institutions
   and collections		 NHMD: Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark. , Denmark; Website (institutional address; updated 17 Aug 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 20' 24"N, 54° 12' 48"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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