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Dar al Gani 475
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 475
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 475
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 269 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H3.4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.4
Recommended:  H3.4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as H3.4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 29:
Date:May 1998
Latitude:27°36.64'N
Longitude:16°13.12'E
Mass (g):269
Pieces:1
Class:H3.4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):3.1-25.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.7-17.6
Wollastonite (mol%):0.2-1.8
Classifier:J. Zipfel and A. Patzer (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. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 37'N, 16° 13'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 36' 38"N, 16° 13' 7"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 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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