Dhofar 007 (AEUC-C)

Country:	Oman
State/District:	Jiddat al Harasis
Coordinates:	18°20.1'N, 54°10.9'E
Date of fall/find:	Found 1999, December 04
Total known weight:	21.27 kg
Number of pieces:	37
Type:	Achondrite, cumulate eucrite, brecciated
Mineral analyses:	Pyroxene Fs43.3 plagioclase: An92
Pairings:	not known
Synonyms:	not known
Description:	Listed, with classification and mineral analysis, J.N.Grossman, Met. Bull. 84, MAPS, 2000, 35, p.A199. Mineralogy and petrology, S.V.Afanasiev et al., MAPS, 2000, 35, p.A19 (abs.). Petrology and chemical analyses of bulk, clasts and impact melt; eucrite seems to be polymict and must have experienced a complex shock and thermal history, A.Yamaguchi et al., Papers 27th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 2002, p.177 (abs.). Geochemical study; relationship to mesosiderites and other eucrites; similar to EET 92023, A.Yamaguchi et al., LPSC, 2003, 34, abs. #1377. Chemical study of glass inclusions, K.Kitazato and M.Kurosawa, Evolution of Solar System Materials: A New Perspective from Antarctic Meteorites, NIPR Tokyo, 2003, p.54 (abs.). Ar-Ar dating of mineral separates, E.V.Korotchantseva et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, No. 7 (Suppl.), p.A27 (abs.). Oxygen isotopes, Y.N.Miura et al., Papers 28th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 2004, p.50 (abs.).

Specimen ID# 4169