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Dar al Gani 1052
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 1052
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1052
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Libya
Mass:help 280 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3299 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2011
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Jufrah
Date:2008
Latitude:27°19.70'N
Longitude:16°13.12'E
Mass (g):280
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):31.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.4
Classifier:Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Stefano Caporali, Giovanni Pratesi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):21.4
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:OAM
Finder:Mario Riva
Comments:Other specimens: 1 PTS + 1 Block, MSP 5107; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 19' 42"N, 16° 13' 7"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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