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Dar al Gani 347
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 347
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 347
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 47 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 95:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°12.17'N
Longitude:16°03.46'E
Mass (g):47
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):19.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.1
Classifier:J. Zipfel and St. Schiermeyer (MPI)
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. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 12'N, 16° 3'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 12' 10"N, 16° 3' 28"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 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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