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Dar al Gani 887
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 887
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 887
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 156 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5-6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H5/6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5/6
Recommended:  H5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 256 approved meteorites classified as H5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 11:
Date:Nov 2000
Latitude:27°09'N
Longitude:16106'E
Mass (g):156
Pieces:6
Class:H5/6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19
Ferrosilite (mol%):18
Classifier:A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec mass (g):27.4
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
Institutions
   and collections		 MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 9'N, 16° 6'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 9'N, 16° 6'E)

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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