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Dar al Gani 248
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 248
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 248
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 1890 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 43:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°12.40'N
Longitude:16°12.27'E
Mass (g):1890
Pieces:many
Class:H6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.3
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, analyzed by D. Weber, L. Niemann, K. Pollok, and A. Jäckel (Mün)
Main mass:some at MNB
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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Don Edwards   
Shinishi Kato   
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André Knöfel   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 12'N, 16° 12'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 12' 24"N, 16° 12' 16"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km 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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