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Dar al Gani 628
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 628
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 628
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 60 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  CO3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 71:
Date:1998
Latitude:27°16.41'N
Longitude:16°20.30'E
Mass (g):60
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):9 (1-62)
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.5 (0.5-1)
Classifier:L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Institutions
   and collections		 MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 16'N, 16° 20'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 16' 25"N, 16° 20' 18"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 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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