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Dar al Gani 691
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 691
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 691
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 96 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 67:
Date:Nov 1999
Latitude:27°09'N
Longitude:16°13'E
Mass (g):96
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:L. Folco and C. Ferraris (MNA-SI)
Main mass:anonymous finder
Institutions
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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° 9'N, 16° 13'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 9'N, 16° 13'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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