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Dhofar 1622 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dhofar 1622 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 1622 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: Oman Mass: 474 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 643 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Dhofar 1622 (Dho 1622) 18°26.713’N, 54°11.987’E Zufar, Oman Found: 2009 May 6 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Discoverd during a natural science expedition on May 6, 2009. Physical characteristics: Single stone of 474 g, surface party covered by caliche, sawn face shows chondrules, set in fine-grained, brown matrix and lighter brown-colored clasts. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.67. Petrography: Microprobe examination of a polished thin section shows a variety of chondrules, CAIs, and AOIs up to 1 mm (mean 0.2 mm) set in a fine-grained matrix. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa0.5--49.5; mean 21.3; σ = 17.4, Cr2O3=0-0.12 wt%, Fe/Mn=90, σ=49 (n=53); low Ca pyroxene: Fs0.9-19.2; mean 4.7; σ = 4.7 (n=18), Wo0.2-4.7; mean 1.8; σ = 1.48; Ca-pyroxene Fs1-16En57-75Wo42-9 (n=3); feldspar An64Or2 (n=1); kamacite: Ni=4.6-7.0, Co=1.2-0.5 (n=3); taenite: Ni=42.3, Co=0.3 wt.% (n=1); troilite. Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) Specimens: 20.0 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous and 30 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: |
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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