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Dhofar 2002

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass: 302 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H5-melt breccia
Recommended:			H5-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites classified as H5-melt breccia. [show all]
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 2002 (Dho 2002) 18°50.265’N, 54°52.33’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2003 Mar 06

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, melt breccia)

History: Discovered on a desert expedition on March 6, 2003.

Physical characteristics: One dark brown stone of 302.36 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.88.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Dominantly very fine-grained melt with a few rounded chondrite and mineral fragments. Olivine shows mosaicism and recrystallization, feldspar is transformed to maskelynite.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_15.2±1.0(Fa_14.3-18.8, n=20); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_12.7±0.5Wo_1.0(Fs_12.2-13.1Wo_0.8-1.3, n=3). Kamacite Ni 5.3-7.5, Co 0.5-0.6 (n=5); troilite Ni 0.5 (n=1); smythite Ni 2.6 (n=1) wt.%.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite, melt breccia (H5)

Specimens: 21.0 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2003 Mar 06
Latitude:	18°50.265'N
Longitude:	54°52.33'E
Mass (g):	302.36
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5-melt breccia
Fayalite (mol%):	15.2±1.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12.7±0.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0
Magnetic suscept.:	4.88
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	21.0
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	paired with "1-79", "1-112", and "1-115". Working name 1-102.; 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' 16"N, 54° 52' 20"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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