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Dhofar 2005

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2005
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass: 30 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 621 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Approved 21 May 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Dhofar 2005 (Dho 2005) 18°51.792’N, 54°51.217’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2003 Mar 12

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

History: Discovered on a desert expedition on March 12, 2003.

Physical characteristics: One dark brown stone of 30 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 3.98.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Microprobe examination of a polished thin section shows a variety of chondrules up to 0.6 mm (avg. 0.2 mm) set in a fine-grained matrix. Chondrule/matrix ratio ~1.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_22.8(Fa_1.7-54.2), Cr₂O₃=0-0.6 wt.%, Fe/Mn=74 (n=19); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_1.5Wo_2.0(Fs_0.6-3.5Wo_0.4-4.4, n=9); feldspar An₆₆Or_0.2.Kamacite Ni 5.2, Co 1.3 (n=1); taenite Ni 34-40, Co 0.3-0.7 (n=4) wt.%.

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

Specimens: 6.33 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2003 Mar 12
Latitude:	18°51.792'N
Longitude:	54°51.217'E
Mass (g):	30
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3
Fayalite (mol%):	22.8 (1.7-54.2, n=19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.5 (0.6-3.5, n=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.0 (0.4-4.4)
Magnetic suscept.:	3.98
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	6.33
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name 1-145; 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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 51' 48"N, 54° 51' 13"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)

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