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Dar al Gani 557

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 557
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 557
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 97 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	CM2
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CM2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 208:

Date:	Nov 1997
Latitude:	27°12.66'N
Longitude:	16°21.11'E
Mass (g):	97
Pieces:	1
Class:	CM2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	0.8-49.4
Classifier:	C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, and B. Zanda (MNHNP)

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)

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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
Michel Franco

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 13'N, 16° 21'E)
Recommended::	(27° 12' 40"N, 16° 21' 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 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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