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Dar al Gani 262 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dar al Gani 262 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DaG 262 Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Libya Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (anorth). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 81:
Dar al Gani 262 Al Jufrah, Libya Found 1997 March 23 Lunar (anorthositic breccia) A single 513 g stone was found in the Sahara. Classification and description (A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Mün): contains clasts up to 1 cm, mainly anorthositic lithologies and crystalline impact melt breccias, and glass fragments and spherules (partly devitrified) embedded in a fine-grained, well-consolidated matrix; bulk plagioclase, An>95; olivine, Fa20–71; low-Ca pyroxene, Fs26–63; has shock veins; contains metal particles (5–26 wt% Ni), ilmenite, troilite, Ti-Cr-spinel; meteorite is moderately weathered. See Bischoff and Weber (1997) for additional information. Specimens: type specimen, several grams plus two thin sections, Mün; main mass is with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB81 Table 3 Line 128: |
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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. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya This is 1 of 1539 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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