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Dhofar 2037

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2037
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2037
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Oman
Mass: 400 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 18 Dec 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Dhofar 2037 (Dho 2037) 18.753°N, 54.377°E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2009

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Found in 2009 by an anonymous prospector.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Separated granular chondrules (apparent diameter 2.4±1.9 mm) and amoeboid fine-grained CAI are set in a deep brown matrix (~40 vol.%).

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_0.3-59.1, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs_0.7-1.7Wo_1.2-0.9, N = 2), augite (Fs_24.3Wo_45.2), Al-Ti-diopside (Fs_4.8Wo_53.9, Al₂O₃ = 15.9 wt.%, TiO₂ = 1.0 wt.%).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

Specimens: 20.1 g including one polished thin section at ROM; remainder with anonymous owner.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2009
Latitude:	18.753°N
Longitude:	54.377°E
Mass (g):	400
Pieces:	2
Class:	CV3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	moderate
Fayalite (mol%):	0.3-59.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.7-1.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2-0.9
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.1
Type spec location:	ROM
Main mass:	Anonymous
Comments:	ROM 091; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)

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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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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 45' 11"N, 54° 22' 37"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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