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Dhofar 2093

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2093
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2093
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass: 764 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	Eucrite
Recommended:			Eucrite [explanation]

This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 2 Dec 2018

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Writeup from MB 107:

Dhofar 2093 (Dho 2093) 18°34.398’N, 54°8.889’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2014

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

History: Discovered by an anonymous finder on a desert trip 12 km SE of Dauka in 2014.

Physical characteristics: Four gray fragments, partly covered by black-browinish crust ranging from 301.3 to 30.5 g. Cut face shows light-gray matrix with white, black, and light-brown inclusions.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Microscopic examination of a thin section shows holocrystalline hypidiomorphic texture and weak shock effect: undulatory extinction in plagioclase. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 2.88.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Pyroxene (pigeonite) Fs_56.8±3.3Wo_7.2±4.4, Fe/Mn 29.5 (n=13); Plagioclase An_89.4±4.9Ab_10.2±4.5(n=20); SiO₂; chromite CRAL 80, FFM 98 (n=1); ilmenite; kamacite Ni <0.1, Co 0.5 wt.% (n=2).

Classification: Achondrite (basaltic eucrite, monomict breccia)

Specimens: 20.0 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2014
Latitude:	18°34.398'N
Longitude:	54°8.889'E
Mass (g):	764
Pieces:	4
Class:	Eucrite
Weathering grade:	low
Ferrosilite (mol%):	56.8±3.3 (n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):	7.2±4.4
Magnetic suscept.:	2.88
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.0
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Anonymous
Finder:	Anonymous
Comments:	Submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

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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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

Oman

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 34' 24"N, 54° 8' 53"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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