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Dar al Gani 680

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 680
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 680
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 78 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	Ureilite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
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Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 56:

Date:	Nov 1999
Latitude:	27°03'N
Longitude:	16°24'E
Mass (g):	78
Pieces:	1
Class:	Ureilite
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	20
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17
Classifier:	L. Folco and C. Ferraris (MNA-SI)
Main mass:	anonymous finder
Comments:	typical texture

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. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 3'N, 16° 24'E)
Recommended::	(27° 3'N, 16° 24'E)

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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