Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Dar al Gani 331

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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: 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 645 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)

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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 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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