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Dar al Gani 649
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 649
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 649
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 310 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 92:
Date:Mar 1999
Latitude:27°15'38"N
Longitude:16°0'27"E
Mass (g):310
Pieces:16
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W2-4
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5
Classifier:Wlotzka (MPI) and R. Bartoschewitz (Bart),
Type spec location:MPI
Main mass:Bart and Gehler
Institutions
   and collections
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Gehler: A. Gehler, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany , Germany (private address; updated 10 Jun 2015)
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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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 15' 38"N, 16° 0' 27"E)
     Recommended::   (27° 15' 38"N, 16° 0' 27"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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