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Dar al Gani 812

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 812
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 812
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass: 2.02 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 173:

Date:	Jan 2000
Latitude:	26°57.520'N
Longitude:	16°27.332'E
Mass (g):	2022
Pieces:	55
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.4
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:	(26° 58'N, 16° 27'E)
Recommended::	(26° 57' 31"N, 16° 27' 20"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 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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