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| Basic information | Name: Dar al Gani 684 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DaG 684 Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: Libya Mass:  2.21 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 571 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Dar al Gani 684 Libya Found 1999 November Achondrite (eucrite) A 2210 g stone with dark grey-green fusion crust was collected in the Dar al Gani region. Classification and mineralogy (L. Folco and C. Ferraris, MNA-SI): has a fine- to medium-grained subophitic texture (typical grain size between 0.5 and 2 mm); bytownitic plagioclase is partially embedded in ferroan pigeonite and more magnesian ferrosilite; ferroan augite resulted from pigeonite exsolution; plagioclase is zoned from An90 to An80; contains accessory ilmenite, chromite, sulfides, silica polymorphs and zircon; sparse µm-sized granoblastic material indicates minor annealing; low shock stage. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen, 134.5 g plus two polished thin sections at MNA-SI. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB85 Table 3 Line 60: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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