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Dar al Gani 353
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 353
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 353
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 210 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  H3-5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 86 approved meteorites classified as H3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 151:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°35.79"N
Longitude:15°52.23'E
Mass (g):210
Pieces:1
Class:H3-5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.2 (6.6-22.5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.8 (7.9-16.1)
Classifier:J. Zipfel and F. Wlotzka (MPI),
Type spec location:MPI
Main mass:finder
Comments:br
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Don Edwards   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 36'N, 15° 52'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 35' 47"N, 15° 52' 14"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 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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