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| 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: |
This is 1 of 436 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, Fs14.3–62.6 Wo0.9–11.4, average, Fs32.1Wo3.4, with FeO/MnO = 31; plagioclase, An74.6–96.3 (average, An89.5) Or0.5; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W1. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen, Frei. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB84 Table 8 Line 140: |
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| 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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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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