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Dar al Gani 570
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 570
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 570
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 1250 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 220:
Date:Nov 1997
Latitude:27°32.82'N
Longitude:15°51.56'E
Mass (g):1250
Pieces:4
Class:L4/5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Michel Franco      
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 33'N, 15° 52'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 32' 49"N, 15° 51' 34"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 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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