Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Dar al Gani 1062

MetSoc Home Publications Contacts

Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 24 Apr 2024
Search for:	Search type:	Search limits:	Display:	Publication:
Names Text Places Classes Years	Contains Starts with Exact Sounds like	NonAntarctic Falls Non-NWAs Has strewnfield		What's new in the last:
Include past classifications in search		Has photo	Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:

Dar al Gani 1062

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 1062
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1062
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Libya
Mass: 1288 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-pmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 409 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 11 Dec 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Dar al Gani 1062 (DaG 1062) 28°19’34"N, 15°31’52"E

Al Jufrah, Libya

Found: 2008 Nov

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, polymict)

Physical characteristics: Weathered brown stone.

Petrography: Fine grained (50 to 500 μm) subophitic rock consisting mainly of exsolved pigeonite and bytownite plus accessory chromite, ilmenite and silica.

Geochemistry: Bulk Fe/Mn = 31.2 by FPXRF. Mineral chemistry: Pigeonite Fs_58.8±4.2Wo_9.8±6.0Fe/Mn=24.9±2.9 (n=10), augite Fs_27.9±0.2Wo_45.3±0.2Fe/Mn=30.8±7.6 (n=2), bytownite An_88.0±2.2(n=10).

Classification: Basaltic eucrite.

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Al Jufrah
Origin or pseudonym:	Dar al Gani
Date:	2008 Nov
Latitude:	28°19'34"N
Longitude:	15°31'52"E
Mass (g):	1288
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite-pmict
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	high
Classifier:	M. Gemelli, C. Cordier and L. Folco, MNA-SI
Type spec mass (g):	1288
Type spec location:	OAM
Main mass:	OAM
Comments:	Submitted by L. Folco

Institutions
and collections

MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
OAM: Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto ( BO) Italy Osservatorio Astronomico e Museo "Giorgio Abetti", San Giovanni Persiceto, Bologna, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 31 Oct 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(28° 19' 34"N, 15° 31' 52"E)

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)

Proximity search:

Also see:

This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite.

Revision
history:

This lists important revisions made to data for this record.

Direct link to this page