Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dhofar 301 Lunar Meteorite (Dho 301), Dhofar, Oman

mindat Locality ID: 27810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dhofar 301 Lunar Meteorite (Dho 301), Dhofar, Oman": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°24'6"N
Longitude: 54°8'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.401666666667,54.148055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel

Anorthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chromite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Troilite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Iron None Olivine Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene Rutile Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	39
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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