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Dhofar 1988
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1988
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1988
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Oman
Mass:help 59 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  C2-ung
Recommended:  C2-ung    [explanation]

This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites classified as C2-ung.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and Ungrouped chondrites
Comments: Approved 13 Feb 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Dhofar 1988 (Dho 1988)        19°4.865’N, 54°46.024’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2011 Dec 2

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (C2, ungrouped)

History: The meteorite was found 2011 during a field trip in the Oman desert.

Physical characteristics: Small almost black stone partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a breccia displaying an dark gray to black interior. It is composed of relatively large chondrule pseudomorphs (mean 550 μm in diameter) and rare isolated mineral grains set into an abundant matrix of phyllosilicates, Ca-carbonate, and pyrrhotite. Chondrule pseudomorphs are typically surrounded by fine-grained accretionary rims. Anhydrous silicates are almost exclusively forsteritic olivine. Very rarely more Fe-rich olivine (up to Fa26) has been encountered; no pyroxene was found.

Geochemistry: Oxygen isotopes (K. Ziegler, UNM): acid-washed material analyzed in replicate by laser fluorination gave, respectively: δ18O=16.424, 21.864, 20.095; δ17O=7.032, 10.751, 9.582; Δ17O= -1.64, -0.793, -1.028 (all per mil).

Classification: Oxygen isotopes plot close to Tagish Lake (C2-ungrouped), between CI and the ungrouped C2 chondrites Y86720, Y82162 and B7904.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:2011 Dec 2
Latitude:19°4.865'N
Longitude:54°46.024'E
Mass (g):59
Pieces:1
Class:C2-ung
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):1.6±0.8 (0.5-3, n=77)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):12
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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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::   (19° 4' 52"N, 54° 46' 1"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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