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Dar al Gani 1050
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 1050
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1050
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Libya
Mass:help 265 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 94  (2008)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 4 May 2008
Data from:
  MB94
  Table 1
  Line 5:
State/Prov/County:Libya
Date:23-Oct-07
Latitude:28°12.85'N
Longitude:15°33.05'E
Mass (g):265
Pieces:2
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.4
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9
Classifier:L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec mass (g):265
Type spec location:OAMI
Main mass:OAM
Comments:found by Monica Basolo
Institutions
   and collections
MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
OAM: Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto ( BO) Italy Osservatorio Astronomico e Museo "Giorgio Abetti", San Giovanni Persiceto, Bologna, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 31 Oct 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (28° 12' 51"N, 15° 33' 3"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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