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Dar al Gani 1063
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 1063
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1063
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Libya
Mass:help 410 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 624 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 28 Jan 2013
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Writeup from MB 102:

Dar al Gani 1063 (DaG 1063)        27°16.45’N, 16°24.50’E

Al Jufrah, Libya

Found: 2002 May 27

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Three almost unweathered stones with a fresh fusion crust having a total mass of 410.3 g were found May 27, 2002, by an anonymous finder in the desert of Dar al Gani.

Petrography: A chondrite with abundant matrix and large chondrules.

Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa14±8 (range, Fa1-30); pyroxene in chondrules and aggregates, Fs3±3 (range, Fs0-11). Olivine in the matrix has a composition of Fa27±6. Oxygen isotopes (A. Pack, UGött): δ18O = -0.48, d17 O= -4.32, Δ17O = -4.072 (all per mil).

Classification: The meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite of the CV3 group. Based on the relatively high abundance of metal the meteorite must be grouped to the reduced subgroup.

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Jufrah
Date:2002 May 27
Latitude:27°16.45'N
Longitude:16°24.50'E
Mass (g):410.3
Pieces:3
Class:CV3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):14±8 (1-30, n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):3±3 (0-11, n=12)
Classifier:A. Bischoff, M. Matthes, E. Haiderer. IfP
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:unknown
Comments:Submitted by A. Bischoff
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Haiderer: Erich Haiderer Laboratory, P.O. Box 88, A-1140 Vienna, Austria (private address; updated 7 Jan 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 16' 27"N, 16° 24' 30"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1547 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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