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Dhofar 1867

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1867
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1867
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Oman
Mass: 3.53 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L~5
Recommended:			L~5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as L~5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 7 Mar 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Dhofar 1867, reclassification as H4-5 melt breccia

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

Physical characteristics: 63 dark brown fragments, in total 3525 g. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.62.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) chondritic rounded clasts and mineral fragments set in a very fine-grained recrystallized matrix containing spheroidal grains of metal. Olivine shows mosaicism and recrystallization, feldspar is transformed to maskelynite.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa_16.1(Fa_14.0-21.3, n=48); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_15.6Wo_0.9(Fs_12.8-30.4Wo_0.3-2.6, n=34). Kamacite Ni 6.6-8.0, Co 0.6 wt.% (n=9).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite, melt breccia with clasts of different petrologic stages (H4-5, shock stage S6)

Specimens: 20.5 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Date:	2003 Mar 2
Latitude:	18°51.826'N
Longitude:	54°34.671'E
Mass (g):	3525
Pieces:	63
Class:	L~5
Weathering grade:	W4
Magnetic suscept.:	4.62
Classifier:	Bart
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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° 51' 50"N, 54° 34' 40"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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