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Dar al Gani 567
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 567
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 567
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 21.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  Eucrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 293 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 217:
Date:Nov 1997
Latitude:27°14.15'N
Longitude:16°03.62'E
Mass (g):21.44
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Weathering grade:W1
Ferrosilite (mol%):62.5
Wollastonite (mol%):2.8
Classifier:C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, and B. Zanda (MNHNP)
Comments:Equilibrated basaltic eucrite; plagioclase, An86–90; augite, Fs33.6Wo37.2
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 14'N, 16° 4'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 14' 9"N, 16° 3' 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 1569 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 25 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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