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Dhofar 020
Dhofar region of Oman
Ordinary Chondrite L6
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Dhofar 020
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Weight: 38.13 grams
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Price: $30.00
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Dhofar 020
History
Name: Dhofar 020
Location: Dhofar region of Oman
Type: Ordinary Chondrite, H3-9
On March 10, 2000, a team of Russian meteorite hunters was out
searching the Oman Desert. They discovered two different meteorite
falls. Recovered was samples from the Dhofar 020 and Sayh al Uhaymir
001 falls. The search was organized by six people using three cars and
a land cruiser. On the day before finding the stones the hunters met
with each other and decided not to go back to the hotel but stay the
night in the desert. Early in the morning, after breakfast, they made
their first discovery. During the next three days of collecting more
than 256 kilograms of stones was recovered. Over 2000 pieces was
recovered the largest piece weighting 65 kilograms. Some days later one
of the team was using binoculars and saw a black dot on the surface of
the desert. When they reached it they were surprised to find a big
fresh stone with a fine fusion crust. It was the first of many
thousands of individuals found with a total weight over 408 kilograms.
During this expedition many other meteorites were recovered including
two new lunar samples.
This meteorite was published in the Meteoritical Society Bulletin No. 84
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