Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Dar al Gani 227

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Dar al Gani 227

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 227
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 227
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 235 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	CO3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CO3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 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:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 25:

Date:	1997
Latitude:	27°05.41'N
Longitude:	16°01.92'E
Mass (g):	235
Pieces:	2
Class:	CO3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, analyzed by D. Weber, L. Niemann, K. Pollok, and A. Jäckel (Mün)
Main mass:	some at MNB
Comments:	Prob. paired DaG 005

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. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 5'N, 16° 2'E)
Recommended::	(27° 5' 25"N, 16° 1' 55"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km 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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