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Dar al Gani 803
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 803
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 803
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 37 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 164:
Date:Jan 2000
Latitude:27°00.866'N
Longitude:16°23.324'E
Mass (g):37
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)
Institutions
   and collections
Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 1'N, 16° 23'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 0' 52"N, 16° 23' 19"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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