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Dar al Gani 342
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 342
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 342
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 166 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  L5-6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5-6
Recommended:  L5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as L5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 144:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°06.29"N
Longitude:16°07.17'E
Mass (g):166
Pieces:1
Class:L5-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Classifier:J. Zipfel and F. Wlotzka (MPI),
Type spec location:MPI
Main mass:finder
Comments:br
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° 6'N, 16° 7'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 6' 17"N, 16° 7' 10"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 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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