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Dar al Gani 901
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 901
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 901
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 9 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6432 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 142:
Date:1998
Latitude:27°52.85'N
Longitude:16°54.81E
Mass (g):9000
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.8
Classifier:F. Wlotzka (MPI) and M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany
Institutions
   and collections		 Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 53'N, 16° 55'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 52' 51"N, 16° 54' 49"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1540 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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