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| Basic information | Name: Dar al Gani 735 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DaG 735 Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Libya Mass:  588 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 289 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). [show all] Search for other: Martian meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Dar al Gani 735 Libya Found 1996/97 winter M artian basalt (shergottite) A 588 g complete stone covered with desert varnish was collected in the Dar al Gani region. Classification and mineralogy (F. Wlotzka, MPI; M. Kurz, Neukirchen, Germany): a porphyritic basalt with millimeter-sized olivines (normally zoned from Fa28 to Fa37) in a finer grained matrix of pigeonite (Fs25–28) and feldspathic glass (An65); a direct comparison with a thin section of DaG 476 shows that both stones are very similar and are probably paired; however, DaG 735 does not contain terrestrial carbonate veins and appears less weathered than DaG 476. Specimens: type specimen, 6 g, MPI; main mass with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB84 Table 8 Line 97: |
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| 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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