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Dar al Gani 523
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 523
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 523
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 100 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  L4/5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4/5
Recommended:  L4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4/5.   [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 174:
Date:1997-1998
Latitude:27°08.19'N
Longitude:16°05.01'E
Mass (g):100
Pieces:2
Class:L4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):26
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:L. Folco and B. Anselmi (MNA-SI)
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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Matteo Chinellato   
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 8'N, 16° 5'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 8' 11"N, 16° 5' 1"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 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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