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Dar al Gani 203
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 203
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 203
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Libya
Mass:help 378 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  CO3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CO3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 91:
Date:1996
Latitude:27°07.47'N
Longitude:15°59.50'E
Mass (g):378
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Classifier:Analyses by D. Weber, K. Pollok, A. Jäckel, L. Niemann and T. Grund, and classifications by D. Weber and A. Bischoff (Mün),
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder or at MNB
Comments:Most probably paired with Dar al Gani 005 (see Meteoritical Bulletin No. 80 and 81).
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 7'N, 16° 0'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 7' 28"N, 15° 59' 30"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.2 km 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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