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Dar al Gani 351
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 351
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 351
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 858 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11504 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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 97:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°10.72'N
Longitude:16°15.54'E
Mass (g):858
Pieces:1+ many
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2
Classifier:J. Zipfel and St. Schiermeyer (MPI)
Institutions
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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° 11'N, 16° 16'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 10' 43"N, 16° 15' 32"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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