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Dar al Gani 955

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 955
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 955
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 18.5 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 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:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 32:

Date:	1999
Latitude:	27°07.91'N
Longitude:	16112.46'E
Mass (g):	18500
Pieces:	many
Class:	H6
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6
Classifier:	F. Wlotzka (MPI) and M. Kurz (Kurz)
Type spec mass (g):	25
Type spec location:	MPI

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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Shinishi Kato

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 8'N, 16° 12'E)
Recommended::	(27° 7' 55"N, 16° 12' 28"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 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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