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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: 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 280 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all]
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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)

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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° 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 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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