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Dar al Gani 431 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dar al Gani 431 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DaG 431 Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: Libya Mass: 353 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as CK3-an. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CK chondrites, CK3 chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Dar al Gani 431 Libya Found 1998 March Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3, anomalous) A 353 g stone was found in the Libyan desert. Classification and mineralogy (J. Zipfel, MPI): chondrules and abundant calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) are set in a coarse matrix; matrix contains homogeneous olivine, Fa33.8±0.8, magnetite, plagioclase, and Ca-rich pyroxene, and has high NiO contents (0.38±0.1 wt%); metal is absent; olivine in chondrules is zoned (Fa0.4–36 ) with a peak at Fa32.2; CAIs are spinel, anorthite, and fassaite-rich; bulk chemistry, Fe = 20.3 wt%, Ca = 4.0 wt%, Ni = 0.3 wt%, Cr = 3150 ppm, Mn = 1190 ppm; similar to Watson 002 and Camel Donga 003; see Zipfel et al. (2000) for further information on classification. Specimens: type specimen, 32 g, MPI; main mass with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB84 Table 8 Line 29: |
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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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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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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