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Dhofar 1869

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1869
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1869
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass: 1594 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H5-melt breccia
Recommended:			H5-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 32 approved meteorites classified as H5-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 5 Sep 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Dhofar 1869 (Dho 1869) 18°50.196’N, 54°34.748’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2003 Mar 02

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, melt breccia)

History: Discovered on a desert expedition on March 2, 2003.

Physical characteristics: 18 dark brown fragments, in total 1594.2 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.51.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Very fine-grained translucent melt rock with relict chondrules and mineral fragments. Olivine shows mosaicism and recrystallization, feldspar is transformed to maskelynite.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_15.9±1.0(Fa_14.5-18.7, n=18); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_13.8±1.0Wo_1.3(Fs_12.2-14.7Wo_0.8-2.1, n=5). Kamacite Ni 6.8-7.5, Co 0.6 (n=4); smythite Ni 1.5 (n=1) wt.%.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite, melt breccia (H5)

Specimens: 23.1 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2003 Mar 02
Latitude:	18°50.196'N
Longitude:	54°34.748'E
Mass (g):	1594.2
Pieces:	18
Class:	H5-melt breccia
Fayalite (mol%):	15.9±1.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.8±1.0
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3 (0.8-2.1)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.51
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	23.1
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	paired with Dhofar 1854 and 1867; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 50' 12"N, 54° 34' 45"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)

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