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Dar al Gani 090
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 090
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 090
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass:help 628 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 81  (1997)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 116:
Latitude:27°09.51'N
Longitude:16°01.88'E
Mass (g):628
Pieces:3
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.8
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder or at MNB
Comments:sv
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° 9' 31"N, 16° 1' 53"E)
     Recommended::   (27° 9' 31"N, 16° 1' 53"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 13.6 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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