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Dhofar 1559

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1559
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1559
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass: 2.47 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6579 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 5 Dec 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Dhofar 1559 (Dho 1559) 18.733°N, 54.263°E

Zufar, Oman

Found: 2009 Apr 6

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

History: Found in the desert by an anonymous hunter on 6 April 2009.

Physical characteristics: A weathered mass (2466 g) consisting of a central fresher portion surrounded by more altered debris.

Petrography: Predominantly recrystallized texure with rare relict chondrules.

Geochemistry: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWB) Olivine (Fa_18.6-18.8), orthopyroxene (Fs_16.4-16.6Wo_1.7-1.6), clinopyroxene (Fs_7.3-7.6Wo_43.6-44.2), sodic plagioclase, altered kamacite, taenite and troilite. Oxygen isotopes (R. Tanaka, OkaU): analyses of acid-washed subsamples gave, respectively δ¹⁷O = 3.052, 2.943; δ¹⁸O = 4.717, 4.523; Δ¹⁷O = 0.567, 0.561 per mil.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6).

Specimens: 58.6 g of type material and one polished thin section are at UWB. The main mass is held by an anonymous collector.

Data from:
  MB102
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2009 Apr 6
Latitude:	18.733°N
Longitude:	54.263°E
Mass (g):	2466
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.6-18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.4-16.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.7-1.6
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.3
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	Anonymous
Finder:	Anonymous
Comments:	Submitted by A. Irving

Plots:

O isotopes:

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)
OkaU: Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University, Misasa Tottori 682-0193, Japan (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 43' 59"N, 54° 15' 47"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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