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Dar al Gani 318
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 318
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 318
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 4.24 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  H3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 126:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°08.59'N
Longitude:15°52.38'E
Mass (g):4236
Pieces:many
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.3 (12.9-22.2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.8 (4.6-16.6)
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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Don Edwards   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 9'N, 15° 52'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 8' 35"N, 15° 52' 23"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 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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