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| Basic information | Name: Dhofar 1594 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 1594 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: Oman Mass:  176 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites classified as H6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Sep 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Dhofar 1594 (Dho 1594) 18°59.37’N, 54°26.05’E Zufar, Oman Found: 10 Dec 2004 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6-melt breccia) Petrography: (C. Lorenz, Vernad): The meteorite consists of angular and rounded lithic clasts, embedded in black glassy matrix with numerous droplets of troilite and FeNi metal. The size of lithic clasts varies from 0.5 to 4 cm. The clast/matrix ratio is ~0.6. Lithic clasts have fine- to medium-grained granular texture, and consist of olivine, pyroxene and rare feldspar. The texture corresponds to a chondrite of type 6. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 102: |
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| 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. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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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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