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Dhofar 2097

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2097
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2097
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass: 58.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	CO3.1
Recommended:			CO3.1 [explanation]

This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as CO3.1. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Approved 22 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Dhofar 2097 (Dho 2097) 18°35.932’N, 54°04.634’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2014 Nov

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3.1)

Petrography: Chondrite with small chondrules (~300 μm) set in abundant, fine-grained, iron-rich matrix. Opaques are FeNi metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_16.0±15.2, range Fa_1.4-44.6, Fa PMD 78% (n=13). Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.25±0.17 wt% (n=11). Orthopyroxene Fs_3.0±1.9Wo_2.0±0.8(n=5). Defocused matrix analyses: FeO 34.7 wt%, total 90.7 wt%. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.02.

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3.1). Subtype from Cr₂O₃ content of ferroan olivine.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2014 Nov
Latitude:	18°35.932'N
Longitude:	54°04.634'E
Mass (g):	58.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3.1
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	16.0±15.2 (n=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	3.02±1.9 (n=5)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.02
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, L. Krämer Ruggiu, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	11.84
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name KK019; submitted by J. Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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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::	(18° 35' 56"N, 54° 4' 38"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2653 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 27 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4526 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 419 unapproved names)

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