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Dhofar 2003

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass: 14.2 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as H4-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 2003 (Dho 2003) 18°49.915’N, 54°51.924’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2003 Mar 09

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4, melt breccia)

History: Discovered on a desert expedition on March 9, 2003.

Physical characteristics: One dark brown stone of 14.2 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.61.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Very fine-grained translucent melt rock with mineral and relict chondrule fragments. Olivine shows mosaicism and recrystallization, feldspar is transformed to maskelynite.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_16.1±1.7(Fa_14.1-18.9, n=22); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_14.6±1.4Wo_1.4(Fs_12.3-16.2Wo_0.4-3.7, n=7); chromite CRAL=84, FFM=85, Fe/Mg=5.5(n=1). Kamacite Ni 7.0-7.9, Co 0.6 (n=5) wt.%.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite, melt breccia (H5)

Specimens: 3.2 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2003 Mar 09
Latitude:	18°49.915'N
Longitude:	54°51.924'E
Mass (g):	14.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4-melt breccia
Fayalite (mol%):	16.1±1.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.6±1.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.61
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	3.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	paired with "1-79", "1-102", and "1-115". Working name 1-112.; 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° 49' 55"N, 54° 51' 55"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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