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Dar al Gani 696
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 696
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 696
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 564 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 70:
Date:Nov 1999
Latitude:27°05'N
Longitude:16°05'E
Mass (g):564
Pieces:6
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):17
Ferrosilite (mol%):16
Classifier:L. Folco and C. Ferraris (MNA-SI)
Main mass:anonymous finder
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° 5'N, 16° 5'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 5'N, 16° 5'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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