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Dhofar 285

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 285
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 285
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass: 216 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite-pmict
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	Eucrite-pmict
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-pmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 409 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all]
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Writeup

Writeup from MB 86:

Dhofar 285

Oman

Found 2001 January 14

Achondrite (polymict eucrite)

One 216 g stone with black glassy fusion crust was found in the Dhofar region of Oman. Classification and description (C. Lorenz, Vernad): a polymict breccia; contains basalts, melts, melt breccias and mineral clasts. Basalts contain pyroxene (En_40.5Wo_1.85) and feldspar (An_60.4–93.8). Pyroxenes have lamellae of clinopyroxene (En_34.4Wo_35.5). Silica is minor phase. Ilmenite, troilite, Ca-phosphate and metal iron are rare. Composition of pyroxene clasts is En_28.73–65.8Wo_1.5–44.05. Rare magnesian pyroxenes are zoned from En_72.2Wo_1.8to En_43.9–48Wo_1.8. Weathering stage is W0/1. Specimens: type specimen, 39 g, Vernad; main mass with anonymous finder.

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 2
  Line 65:

Date:	14 Jan 2001
Latitude:	18°26.0'N
Longitude:	54'10.2'E
Mass (g):	216
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite (polymict)
Weathering grade:	W0/1
Classifier:	C. Lorenz (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):	39

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(18° 26'N, 54° 10'E)
Recommended::	(18° 26' 0"N, 54° 10' 12"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 km apart

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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