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Dar al Gani 313
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 313
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 313
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 3.29 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  L(LL)3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L/LL3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L/LL3
Recommended:  L/LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 121:
Date:1997
Latitude:26°48.44'N
Longitude:15°54.09'E
Mass (g):3294
Pieces:1
Class:L(LL)3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):14.1 (1.3-41.7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):8.1 (2.1-21.3)
Classifier:J. Zipfel and F. Wlotzka (MPI),
Type spec location:MPI
Main mass:finder
Institutions
   and collections		 MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Bernhard Rems   
Don Edwards   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (26° 48'N, 15° 54'E)
     Recommended::   (26° 48' 26"N, 15° 54' 5"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites from Murzuq, Libya
     This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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