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Dar al Gani 492
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 492
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 492
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 170 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2884 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 143:
Date:1997-1998
Latitude:27°09.08'N
Longitude:16°07.61'E
Mass (g):170
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):31
Ferrosilite (mol%):26
Classifier:L. Folco and B. Anselmi (MNA-SI)
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 9'N, 16° 8'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 9' 5"N, 16° 7' 37"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 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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