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Dhofar 1854

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1854
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1854
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass: 339 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H4-melt breccia
Recommended:			H4-melt breccia [explanation]

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Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 5 Sep 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Dhofar 1854 (Dho 1854) 18°50.035’N, 54°35.47’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2001 Jan 24

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4, melt breccia)

History: Discovered on a desert expedition on Jan. 24, 2001.

Physical characteristics: 17 dark brown fragments, in total 339.4 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.66.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Nearly black opaque melt veins (~0.5 mm) with relict chondrite and mineral fragments, partly oxidized matrix. Olivine shows mosaicism and recrystallization. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.66.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_15.3±0.7(14.6-17.3, n=13); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_14.2±1.7Wo_0.9(Fs_13.0-17.9Wo_0.3-2.7, n=7). (average of whole section)

Classification: Ordinary chondrite, melt breccia (H5)

Specimens: 22.5 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2001 Jan 24
Latitude:	18°50.035'N
Longitude:	54°35.47'E
Mass (g):	339.4
Pieces:	17
Class:	H4-melt breccia
Fayalite (mol%):	15.3 (14.6-17.3, n=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.2 (13.0-17.9, n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.9 (0.3-2.7)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.66
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	22.5
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	paired with Dhofar 1867 and 1869; submitted by R. 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. 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° 50' 2"N, 54° 35' 28"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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