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Dar al Gani 731
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 731
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 731
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 144 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  CV3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 622 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 105:
Date:Nov 1999
Latitude:27°19'N
Longitude:16°16'E
Mass (g):144
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:high
Fayalite (mol%):22
Ferrosilite (mol%):11
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° 19'N, 16° 16'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 19'N, 16° 16'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1540 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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