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| Basic information | Name: Dhofar 300 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 300 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Oman Mass:  624 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 587 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Dhofar 300 Oman Found 2001 January 14 Achondrite (eucrite) A 624 g partly crusted stone was found in the desert. Classification and mineralogy (D. Badjukov, C. Lorenz, Vernad; F. Brandstätter, NHMV): a metamorphosed breccia of millimeter- to centimeter-sized lithic clasts (~70 vol%) with fine-grained matrix; clasts have ophitic texture and consist mainly of plagioclase (An85.6±4.0) and very finely exsolved pyroxene (bulk composition is Fs48±5Wo20±6 with 0.5– 1.5 wt% Cr2O3), with minor low-Ca pyroxene (Fs61±1Wo3±1); matrix consists mainly of subhedral grains of plagioclase (An84.3±3.4), Cr-bearing augite (Fs30±3Wo41±3) and low-Ca pyroxene (Fs62.7±1.0Wo2.2±0.5); minor minerals are tridymite, ilmenite, and troilite; shock features include mechanical twinning in pyroxenes and rare planar deformation features in plagioclase. Specimens: 124 g, Vernad; main mass with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB85 Table 1 Line 186: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019) 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. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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