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Dar al Gani 417

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 417
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 417
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass: 171 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	R3-4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	R3-4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	R3-4
Recommended:			R3-4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites classified as R3-4. [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 127:

Date:	1998
Latitude:	27°30.14'N
Longitude:	15°54.75'E
Mass (g):	171
Pieces:	1
Class:	R3-4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	37.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.2
Classifier:	J. Zipfel and St. Schiermeyer (MPI)
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)

Catalogs:

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
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
jean bernard Delbauve
Robert Zdancewicz

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 30'N, 15° 55'E)
Recommended::	(27° 30' 8"N, 15° 54' 45"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 1547 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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