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Dar al Gani 647

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 647
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 647
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 1425 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	Eucrite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-mmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 275 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Dar al Gani 647

Libya

Found 1996/97 winter

A chondrite (eucrite)

A 1425 g oriented stone with fusion crust was collected in the Dar al Gani region. Classification and mineralogy (H. Takeda, URyuk ; F. Wlotzka, MPI; M. Kurz, Neukirchen, Germany): a recrystallized monomict eucrite; subophitic texture; plagioclase laths, An₈₈; low-Ca pyroxene hosts, Fs₆₁Wo₄, with exsolution lamellae of augite; small individual augites, Fs₃₁Wo₄₁; accessory silica, ilmenite, titanian chromite; pairing with DaG 567 is possible. Specimens: type specimen, 6 g, MPI; 2 g, URyuk ; main mass with finder.

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 90:

Date:	1996-97
Latitude:	27°10'N
Longitude:	16°8'E
Mass (g):	1425
Pieces:	1
Class:	Euc
Classifier:	F. Wlotzka (MPI) and H. Takeda (Chiba)
Comments:	see separate entry

Institutions
and collections

URyuk: Department of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan (institutional address)
Chiba: Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan (institutional address)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 10'N, 16° 8'E)
Recommended::	(27° 10'N, 16° 8'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
This is 1 of 1547 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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