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Dar al Gani 1040

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 1040
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1040
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Libya
Mass: 781 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	CV3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 612 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 89:

Dar al Gani 1040

Libya

Found 2001 May 21

Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Fifteen stones totaling 781 g were found 2001 May 21 by an anonymous finder in the desert of Dar al Gani. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake and M. Kurz): contains chondrules (mean diameter, 760 μm, abundance 25 vol. %), CAIs, and mineral fragments set into a fine-grained matrix; olivine, Fa_19.6 (range Fa_2.2-30.3), low-Ca pyroxene, Fs_1.8-7.2Wo_0.6-1.3; oxygen isotopes (I. A. Franchi and R. C. Greenwood, OU): δ¹⁷O = -4.98 ‰, δ¹⁸O = -1.71 ‰, Δ¹⁷O = -4.09 ‰; low degree of shock; moderate degree of weathering. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 20.7 g MNB.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 25:

Date:	2001-2002
Latitude:	27°16.88'N
Longitude:	16°24.50'E
Mass (g):	781
Pieces:	15
Class:	CV3
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	moderate
Fayalite (mol%):	19.6 (2-30)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2-7
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):	20.7

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Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 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° 16' 53"N, 16° 24' 30"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
This is 1 of 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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