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Dar al Gani 734

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 734
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 734
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 1378 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	EL4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	EL4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	EL4
Recommended:			EL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites classified as EL4. [show all]
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Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Dar al Gani 734

Libya

Found 1996/97 winter

Enstatite chondrite (EL4)

Several stones with a total mass of 1378 g were found in the Dar al Gani region. Classification and mineralogy (F. Wlotzka, MPI ; M. Kurz, Neukirchen, Germany): pyroxene, Fs_0.3; pronounced chondritic texture and 50 μm size of matrix enstatite crystals indicate petrologic type 4; average chondrule size 450 ± 200 μm indicates EL group (Rubin et al., 1997; Rubin and Grossman, 1987); weathering grade, W4, with all metal and sulfides oxidized. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen, 18 g, MPI.

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 96:

Date:	1996-97
Latitude:	27°7.91'N
Longitude:	16°3.00'E
Mass (g):	1378
Pieces:	several
Class:	EL4
Classifier:	F. Wlotzka (MPI) and M. Kurz (Neukirchen, Germany)
Comments:	see separate entry

Institutions
and collections

Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Austromet
Erich Haiderer
Matteo Chinellato
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Jean-Michel Masson
Matteo Chinellato

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 8'N, 16° 3'E)
Recommended::	(27° 7' 55"N, 16° 3' 0"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

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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