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Dar al Gani 897
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 897
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 897
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 73 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 617 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 19:
Date:Nov 2000
Latitude:27°40'N
Longitude:16°21'E
Mass (g):73
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:heavy
Fayalite (mol%):22
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Classifier:A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec mass (g):15.3
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
Comments:mos
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° 40'N, 16° 21'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 40'N, 16° 21'E)

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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