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Dhofar 2047   contributed by Tomek Kubalczak   MetBul Link


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4.95 grams.   Lunar (feldsp. breccia)

TKW 4.95 grams. Fall not observed. Found 12 March 2014, Oman.


Tomek writes:
Lunar meteorite Dhofar 2047 I found in Oman in 2014.

Photos 1-5 are the complete specimen.

Photos 6-8 are a 1.66 gram piece cut from the complete specimen.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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Michael Mulgrew
 6/7/2022 6:03:59 PM		 Amazing that these are recognized as meteorites, I would love to hear the story behind their find and why they weren't simply passed over. Do some display fusion crust?
Anne Black
 6/7/2022 5:04:22 PM		 Thank you Bernd. And there are 8 of them!! For a total of 9 fragments of one meteorite. I wonder how many more are still out there.
Bernd Pauli
 6/7/2022 1:48:40 PM		 Hi Anne, see Meteoritical Bulletin Database this entry: Dhofar 2047!
Anne Black
 6/7/2022 1:27:34 PM		 Thanks John, good to know. Would you know the numbers of those lunars paired with this one?
John Divelbiss
 6/7/2022 6:52:09 AM		 Paired to the many other Lunars from Oman including one found by Norbert Classen, which I have a slice of. I also have story notes from his trip to find Dhofar 908, that Norbert sent me.
 

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