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Dar al Gani 779

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 779
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 779
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 18.8 kg

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Dar al Gani 779

Libya

Found 1999 November 20

Achondrite (howardite)

A stone weighing ~ 15 kg plus many fragments within a few hundred meters (total mass, 18.8 kg) were found in the Dar al Gani region. Mineralogy and classification (J. Otto and A. Ruh, Frei): a polymict breccia with fragmental matrix dominated by orthopyroxene, and with clasts of basaltic and cumulate eucrite, diogenite, anorthosite, porphyritic melt rock, and glassy fragments; orthopyroxene, Fs_14.3–62.6 Wo_0.9–11.4, average, Fs_32.1Wo_3.4, with FeO/MnO = 31; plagioclase, An_74.6–96.3 (average, An_89.5) Or_0.5; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W1. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen, Frei.

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 140:

Date:	Nov 1999
Latitude:	26°59.543'N
Longitude:	16°26.250'E
Mass (g):	18800
Pieces:	many
Class:	Howardite
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Classifier:	J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)
Comments:	br; see separate entry

Institutions
and collections

Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)

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References:

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

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Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut
Don Edwards
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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 0'N, 16° 26'E)
Recommended::	(26° 59' 32"N, 16° 26' 15"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 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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