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Dar al Gani 670
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 670
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 670
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 1619 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Martian (shergottite)
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  Martian (basaltic shergottite)
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Shergottite-basaltic (ol phyric)
Recommended:  Martian (shergottite)    [explanation]

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Dar al Gani 670

Libya

Found 1999

Martian basalt (shergottite)

A dark-brown stone, broken into three adjoining pieces, with a total mass of 1619 g was found in the Dar al Gani region.  Mineralogy and classification (L. Folco, MNA-SI):  centimeter-sized patches of fusion crust are present on the external surfaces; porphyritic texture consisting of millimeter-sized phenocrysts of brown olivine (Fo58–80) set in a fine grained basaltic groundmass of tabular pyroxene and interstitial feldspathic glass (An52–72Or0–1); pyroxene is primarily pigeonite (En56–66Wo9–13) with subordinate enstatite (En73–82Wo2– 3) and augite (En48–50Wo31–36); other minerals are chromite, titanian chromite, ilmenite, merrillite, and pyrrhotite; shock features include strong mosaicism and planar deformation in olivine, undulose extinction and twinning in pyroxene, and abundant impact-melt pockets and veinlets; pervasive veins filled in by calcite are due to terrestrial weathering.  Oxygen isotopes (A. Sexton and I. A. Franchi, OU): δ17O = +2.83‰, δ18O = +4.95‰, Δ17O = +0.26‰.  The petrography and level of terrestrial weathering are essentially identical to those of DaG 476 and DaG 489, and the three are very likely paired.  Specimens:  main mass with anonymous finder; 11.9 g and one polished thin section at MNA-SI.

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 95:
Date:1999
Latitude:N
Longitude:E
Mass (g):1619
Pieces:3
Class:Martian
Shock stage:S5
Classifier:L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments:see separate entry
Plots: O isotopes:  
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)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 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:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1550 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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