Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Dhofar 1128

MetSoc Home Publications Contacts

Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 18 May 2022
Search for:	Search type:	Search limits:	Display:	Publication:
Names Text Places Classes Years	Contains Starts with Exact Sounds like	NonAntarctic Falls Non-NWAs Has strewnfield		What's new in the last:
Include past classifications in search		Has photo	Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:

Dhofar 1128

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 1128
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 1128
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Oman
Mass: 186 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 93	(2008)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 604 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites

Comments:

Approved 14 Jan 2008

Data from:
  MB93
  Table 8
  Line 15:

Origin or pseudonym:	Oman, desert plain
Date:	12-Jan-2005
Latitude:	19°11'41.4"N
Longitude:	54°55'06.3"E
Mass (g):	186
Pieces:	1
Class:	URE
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	21.3 (core)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1 (core)
Classifier:	T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	26.1
Type spec location:	NAU
Main mass:	MFarmer
Comments:	C = 4.5 vol%

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)

Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:

Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(19° 11' 41"N, 54° 55' 6"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)

Proximity search:

Direct link to this page