DHOFAR 2093

 

Dhofar 2093

Found, 2014

Achondrite

Eucrite

Specimen is a 1.72g slice



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Dhofar 2093
Basic information Name: Dhofar 2093
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 2093
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Oman
Mass: 764 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:   MB 107   (2018)   Eucrite
Recommended:       Eucrite    
Writeup Writeup from MB 107:
Dhofar 2093 (Dho 2093)        18°34.398’N, 54°8.889’E
Zufar, Oman
Find: 2014
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Discovered by an anonymous finder on a desert trip 12 km SE of Dauka in 2014.
Physical characteristics: Four gray fragments, partly covered by black-browinish crust ranging from 301.3 to 30.5 g. Cut face shows light-gray matrix with white, black, and light-brown inclusions.
Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Microscopic examination of a thin section shows holocrystalline hypidiomorphic texture and weak shock effect: undulatory extinction in plagioclase. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 2.88.
Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Pyroxene (pigeonite) Fs56.8±3.3Wo7.2±4.4, Fe/Mn 29.5 (n=13); Plagioclase An89.4±4.9Ab10.2±4.5 (n=20); SiO2; chromite CRAL 80, FFM 98 (n=1); ilmenite; kamacite Ni <0.1, Co 0.5 wt.% (n=2).
Classification: Achondrite (basaltic eucrite, monomict breccia)
Specimens: 20.0 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass anonymous
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 2013-09-13)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 2019-11-30)

 

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