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Dhofar 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dhofar 2007 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 2007 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: Oman Mass: 1599 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 2007 (Dho 2007) 18°51.821’N, 54°52.047’E Zufar, Oman Find: 2003 Mar 04 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, melt breccia) History: Discovered on a desert expedition on March 4, 2003. Physical characteristics: 296 dark brown fragments, in total 1599 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.64. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Very fine-grained translucent melt rock with relict chondrule and mineral fragments and nearly black opaque melt veins. Olivine shows mosaicism and recrystallization, feldspar is transformed to maskelynite. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa15.0 (Fa14.4-15.3, n=20); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs14.4Wo0.8 (Fs13.6-17.0Wo0.3-1.8, n=5); chromite CRAL=87, FFM=82, Fe/Mg=4.7 (n=2); spinel CRAL=8, FFM=28, Fe/Mg=0.4 (n=1). Kamacite Ni 4.6-8.1, Co 0.5-0.6 (n=5). Classification: Ordinary chondrite, melt breccia (H5) Specimens: 20.4 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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: |
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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