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Dhofar 2098

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2098
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2098
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Oman
Mass: 348 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H~4
Recommended:			H~4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites classified as H~4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 11 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Dhofar 2098 (Dho 2098) 19°15.35’N, 54°34.76’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2007 Apr 16

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4)

History: Discovered about 12 km NNE of Qitbit on Apr. 16, 2007

Physical characteristics: Many dark brown fragments totaling 348 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown recrystallized matrix with well-developed chondrules (av. ~0.5 mm), and completely oxidized metal and sulfide. Vugs and cracks are filled with Fe-hydroxides and carbonates.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.87

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4, W5)

Specimens: 21.5 g on deposit at Kiel, 38 g with Bart.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2007 Apr 16
Latitude:	19°15.35'N
Longitude:	54°34.76'E
Mass (g):	348
Pieces:	many
Class:	H~4
Weathering grade:	W5
Magnetic suscept.:	4.87
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	21.5
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	DE2018/1; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(19° 15' 21"N, 54° 34' 46"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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