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Dar al Gani 698
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 698
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 698
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 10.4 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  LL5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3204 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 72:
Date:Nov 1999
Latitude:N
Longitude:E
Mass (g):10.4 kg
Pieces:many
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):27
Ferrosilite (mol%):22
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:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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