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Dhofar 1869 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dhofar 1869 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 1869 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: Oman Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: Fa15.9±1.0 (Fa14.5-18.7, n=18); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs13.8±1.0Wo1.3 (Fs12.2-14.7Wo0.8-2.1, 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 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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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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