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Dhofar 1866

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1866
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1866
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass: 1713 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8581 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 10 Jun 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Dhofar 1866 (Dho 1866) 18°51.42’N, 54°37.323’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2001 Jan 29

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Discovered on a desert expedition on Jan. 29th, 2001.

Physical characteristics: One dark brown stone of 1712.8 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.51.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) recrystallized chondrules form 0.4 to 1.8 mm (avg. 0.8 mm) set in a recrystallized matrix.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_25.0(Fa_24.4-27.3, n=13); pyroxene Fs_18.7Wo_10.7(Fs_6.4-26.6Wo_1.1-47.6, n=14); feldspar An₁₂Or₈(n=3); chromite CRAL=86, FFM=89, Fe/Mg=8 (n=1). Taenite, tetrataenite, troilite, Ni-pyrrhotite, smythite.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, shock stage S2)

Specimens: 20.3 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2001 Jan 29
Latitude:	18°51.42'N
Longitude:	54°37.323'E
Mass (g):	1712.8
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	25.0 (24.4-27.3, n=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.5 (20.1-26.6, n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6 (1.1-2.0)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.75
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	20.3
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	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° 51' 25"N, 54° 37' 19"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2166 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)

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