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Basic information | Name: Dhofar 1867 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Dho 1867 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: Oman Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: Fa16.1 (Fa14.0-21.3, n=48); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs15.6Wo0.9 (Fs12.8-30.4Wo0.3-2.6, 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: |
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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. 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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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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