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Dar al Gani 1039
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 1039
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1039
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 889 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 24:
Date:1999
Latitude:27°19.81'N
Longitude:16°13.87'E
Mass (g):889
Pieces:several
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):22.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.8
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):21
Comments:sv
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 19' 49"N, 16° 13' 52"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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