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Dhofar 025

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 025
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 025
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass: 751 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Lunar (anorth)
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	Lunar (anorthositic regolith breccia)
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Lunar (anorth)
Recommended:			Lunar (anorth) [explanation]

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Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Dhofar 025

Oman

Found 2000 March 5

Lunar meteorite (anorthositic regolith breccia)

A brownish gray stone weighing 751 g was found in the Dhofar region of Oman. Mineralogy and classification (M. Nazarov and
M. Ivanova, Vernad): fusion crust absent; meteorite is a regolith breccia containing numerous mineral fragments and clasts of feldspathic rocks embedded in a glass-rich matrix; schlieren and vesicles are abundant; feldspar, An_95–96; pyroxene, En_74–84Wo_3–6 (Fe/Mn = 50–70 at); olivine, Fo_70–78 (Fe/Mn = 91–97 at); accessory minerals are silica, Ti-rich alumochromite, troilite, and Fe,Ni metal; meteorite has a prominent positive Eu anomaly (Sm/Eu = 1.95); terrestrial weathering is not significant. Specimens: type specimen, 102 g plus two thin sections, Vernad; main mass with anonymous finder.

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 5
  Line 25:

Date:	5 Mar 2000
Latitude:	18°24.2'N
Longitude:	54°09.1'E
Mass (g):	751
Pieces:	1
Class:	Lunar
Classifier:	M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov, and S. Afanasiev (Vernad)

Institutions
and collections

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

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Norbert Classen
Vernadsky Institute
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Doug R
Michael Hofmann

Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(18° 24'N, 54° 9'E)
Recommended::	(18° 24' 12"N, 54° 9' 6"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2166 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4000 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)

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