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Dar al Gani 054

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 054
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 054
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass: 957 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	LL3.8
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL3.8
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL3.8
Recommended:			LL3.8 [explanation]

This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites classified as LL3.8. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 84:

Latitude:	27°18.29'N
Longitude:	16°18.01'E
Mass (g):	957
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3.8
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5 (14-30)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.4 (5-40)
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	anonymous finder or at MNB
Comments:	br, im

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° 18' 17"N, 16° 18' 1"E)
Recommended::	(27° 18' 17"N, 16° 18' 1"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 16.3 m apart

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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