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Dar al Gani 331
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 331
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 331
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 194 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  CO3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CO3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 554 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 137:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°06.57'N
Longitude:16°04.47'E
Mass (g):194
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):0.4-43.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.7-12.9
Classifier:J. Zipfel and F. Wlotzka (MPI),
Type spec location:MPI
Main mass:finder
Comments:Most probably paired with Dar al Gani 005 (see Meteoritical Bulletin No. 80 and 81).
Institutions
   and collections		 MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 7'N, 16° 4'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 6' 34"N, 16° 4' 28"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1504 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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