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Dar al Gani 908
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 908
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 908
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 204 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [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 149:
Date:23 Oct 2000
Latitude:27°03.91'N
Longitude:16°08.39'E
Mass (g):204
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):17.6
Classifier:J. Schlüter (Hamb),
Type spec location:Hamb and MPI
Main mass:Trip
Institutions
   and collections
Hamb: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Trip: Industrial Research Center, Tripoli, Libya (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 4'N, 16° 8'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 3' 55"N, 16° 8' 23"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 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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