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| Basic information | Name: Dhofar 2038 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 2038 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Oman Mass:  6.46 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 76 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 9 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Dhofar 2038 (Dho 2038) 18°57.598’N, 54°23.062’E Zufar, Oman Find: 13 Feb 2014 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3-6) History: Found by Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Thomas Burri, and Marianna Mészáros during a search for meteorites on February 13, 2014. Physical characteristics: Wind-ablated dark brown individual with fractures, 6410 g, and detached fragment of 54.2 g. Petrography: (B. Hofmann, NMBE and E. Gnos, MHNGE) Mean apparent chondrule size 0.33±0.16 mm (n=60). Brecciated texture dominated by petrologic types 5 and 6. One large clast with PO chondrule texture and irregular shape has glassy mesostasis. Geochemistry: (N. Greber, Bern) Olivine compositions are Fa18.4±0.2 (n=17). Orthopyroxene compositions (n=17) are Fs16.4±0.5Wo1.5±0.4). Classification: Based on mineral compositions and chondrule size this is an H chondrite breccia with petrologic types 3-6, unshocked (S1), weathering W3. Specimens: All at NMBE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NMBE: Natural History Museum Bern
Bernastrasse 15
CH-3005 Bern
Switzerland, Switzerland; Website (institutional address; updated 2 Mar 2012) MHNGE: Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH-1211 Genève 6 , Switzerland (institutional address; updated 27 Oct 2011) Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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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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