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Dar al Gani 026
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 026
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 026
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass:help 236 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 81  (1997)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2884 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 58:
Latitude:27°06.85'N
Longitude:16°00.09'E
Mass (g):236
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):32.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.4
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder or at MNB
Comments:sv, br
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 6' 51"N, 16° 0' 5"E)
     Recommended::   (27° 6' 51"N, 16° 0' 5"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 10.9 m apart

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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