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Dar al Gani 692

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 692
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 692
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 734 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	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:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 3:

Date:	Nov 1999
Latitude:	27°05'N
Longitude:	16°22'E
Mass (g):	734
Pieces:	1
Class:	Ureilite
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	heavy
Fayalite (mol%):	8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	9
Classifier:	A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec mass (g):	48.7
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
Comments:	br

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. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 5'N, 16° 22'E)
Recommended::	(27° 5'N, 16° 22'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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