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Dhofar 1528
Basic information Name: Dhofar 1528
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1528
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass:help 213 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  Lunar (feldsp. breccia) 
Recommended:  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 329 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).   [show all]
Search for other: Lunar meteorites
Comments: Approved 21 Feb 2012
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Writeup from MB 100:

Dhofar 1528 (Dho 1528)        18°28.13’N, 54°10.49’E

Zufar, Oman

Found: Jun 2009

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Complete individual recovered by Luc Labenne in June, 2009.

Petrography: (H. Haack, NHMD). Clast-laden vitric breccia consisting of fine-grained mineral debris (mostly pyroxenes, olivine and anorthite) and polycrystalline igneous clasts. Clast sizes to 2 mm. Mineral clasts include anorthitic plagioclase, low-Ca pyroxene, olivine, spinel and rare kamacitic, chromite, and troilite. Lithic clasts include rhyolite (composed of K-rich rhyolitic glass with Ca-rich ferrolithic pyroxene microlites) and troctolite (composed of olivine, plagioclase, and Cr-poor spinel). Metal grains are partially oxidized. Many of the olivine grains are partially to totally altered by weathering.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa8-27), Plagioclase (An95-99), augite (Fs21-29Wo8-11). Bulk composition: (R. Korotev, WUSL): 24% Al2O3, 6.0% FeO, 9.1% MgO, 265 ppm Ni, 2.2 ppm Sm, 5 ppb Ir, 1.4 ppm Th.

Classification: Achondrite (lunar, feldspathic breccia).

Specimens: A total of 20.0 g is deposited at NHMD.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 91:
State/Prov/County:Zufar
Date:Jun 2009
Latitude:18°28.13'N
Longitude:54°10.49'E
Mass (g):213.2
Pieces:1
Class:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Weathering grade:W4/5
Fayalite (mol%):8.5-27.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.1-29.4
Wollastonite (mol%):8.0-11.4
Classifier:Henning Haack
Type spec mass (g):20.0
Type spec location:NHMD
Main mass:With finder
Finder:Luc Labenne
Comments:Submitted by Henning Haack
Institutions
   and collections		 WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
NHMD: Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark. , Denmark; Website (institutional address; updated 17 Aug 2012)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Oman
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (18° 28' 8"N, 54° 10' 29"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2169 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4006 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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