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| Basic information | Name: Dhofar 1629 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 1629 Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: Oman Mass:  2.51 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (bas/anor). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 9 Nov 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Dhofar 1629 (Dho 1629) 18.460°N, 54.058°E Zufar, Oman Found: 2007 Mar 2 Classification: Lunar meteorite (basalt/anorthosite) History: Found by a prospector on March 2, 2007, and subsequently purchased by Norbert Classen at the Ensisheim Show in June 2011. Physical characteristics: A single black stone (2.512 g) devoid of fusion crust. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS). Fine regolithic breccia composed of olivine, anorthite, augite, pigeonite, ferropigeonite, hedenbergite (associated with Cr-armalcolite), silica polymorph, fayalite, aluminous chromite, troilite and rare shred-like kamacite grains. Portions of the matrix are glassy and contain tiny trapped bubbles. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa38.8-47.7, FeO/MnO = 86-106), pigeonite (Fs23.7-24.5Wo10.9-6.4, FeO/MnO = 45), ferropigeonite (Fs52.5-56.5Wo24.7-18.9, FeO/MnO = 62-64), plagioclase (An93.6-94.8Or0.1). Bulk composition (R. Korotev, WUSL): mean values from INAA of subsamples are 9.8 wt.% FeO, 24 ppm Sc, 320 ppm Ni, 8.1 ppm La, 3.7 ppm Sm, 0.75 ppm Eu, 3.2 ppm Yb, 1.7 ppm Th. Classification: Lunar (mingled breccia). Although this stone is similar in bulk composition to Dhofar 925, Dhofar 960 and Dhofar 961, it differs in appearance from those stones and was found over 100 km away. Specimens: A total of 0.52 g of material is on deposit at UWB. Classen holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) Classen: Norbert Classen, Am Lindenplatz 1, 79356 Eichstetten, Germany; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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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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