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Dar al Gani 749
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 749
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 749
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 95 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  CO3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 108:
Date:1999
Latitude:27°18.10'N
Longitude:15°45.87'E
Mass (g):~95 kg
Pieces:>2100
Class:CO3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.4 (0.7-69.7, n=98)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.3 (1.3-47.9, n=21)
Classifier:P. Sipiera (Harper)
Main mass:Pelisson
Comments:prob. paired with DaG005
Institutions
   and collections		 Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Pelisson: Richard and Roland Pelisson, 270 Rue de la Cascade, 38660 La Terrasse, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 18'N, 15° 46'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 18' 6"N, 15° 45' 52"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.3 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Sabha, Libya
     This is 1 of 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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