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Dhofar 2099

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 2099
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2099
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Oman
Mass: 206 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	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 11 Feb 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Dhofar 2099 (Dho 2099) 19°08.47’N, 54°32.53’E

Zufar, Oman

Find: 2005 March 09

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5)

History: Discovered about 60 km SW of Mughshin on March 9, 2005

Physical characteristics: Many dark brown fragments totaling 206 g, some of them with fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) brown recrystallized partly blackened matrix with well developed chondrules (0.3-1.3, av. 0.7 mm), irregular metal and troilite specks

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.92

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5, W3)

Specimens: 20.2 g on deposit at Kiel, 24 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Zufar
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2005 March 09
Latitude:	19°08.47'N
Longitude:	54°32.53'E
Mass (g):	206
Pieces:	many
Class:	L~5
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.92
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.2
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	anonymous
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	DE2018/2; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(19° 8' 28"N, 54° 32' 32"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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