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Dar al Gani 399

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 399
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 399
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass: 11.46 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	L5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 122:

Date:	1998
Latitude:	27°52.00'N
Longitude:	15°56.57'E
Mass (g):	11455
Pieces:	1+many
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	23.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.2
Classifier:	J. Zipfel and St. Schiermeyer (MPI)
Comments:	sv

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 52'N, 15° 57'E)
Recommended::	(27° 52' 0"N, 15° 56' 34"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 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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