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Dar al Gani 610
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 610
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 610
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 44 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 260:
Date:1998
Latitude:26°51'N
Longitude:16°44'E
Mass (g):44 kg
Pieces:many
Class:H4
Fayalite (mol%):17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1
Classifier:P. Sipiera (Harper)
Main mass:DuPont collection
Comments:Main mass 33.7 kg
Institutions
   and collections
DuPont: James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection, Deposited at FMNH in 2008., United States (private address; updated 1 Jun 2012)
Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
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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:   (26° 51'N, 16° 44'E)
     Recommended::   (26° 51'N, 16° 44'E)

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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