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Dar al Gani 222
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 222
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 222
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Libya
Mass:help 837 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  LL5-6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL5-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL5-6
Recommended:  LL5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 97:
Date:1996
Latitude:27°27.20'N
Longitude:16°18.76'E
Mass (g):837
Pieces:1
Class:LL5-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):29.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.1
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:sv, br, im
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° 27'N, 16° 19'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 27' 12"N, 16° 18' 46"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 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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