Description
On offer: a fragment of this famous eucrite from Oman.
Dimensions: ~1.5 x 1.5 mm
What you get: this fragment, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Type: Cumulate eucrite
Country: Oman, Dhofar
Date of find: 1999
Total mass: 21.27 kg
This meteorite was found in 1999 by a russian team of meteorite hunters.
Dhofar 007 is a cumulate eucrite, a rare type of eucrites, thought to have solidified in magma chambers within Vesta crust.
| Date: | 4 Dec 1999 |
| Latitude: | 18°20.1’N |
| Longitude: | 54°10.9’E |
| Mass (g): | 21270 |
| Pieces: | 37 |
| Class: | Eucrite |
| Ferrosilite (mol%): | 43.3 |
| Classifier: | M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov, and S. Afanasiev (Vernad) |
| Comments: | Cumulate; br; An92 |
