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Dar al Gani 964

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 964
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 964
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass: 158.1 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.9
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H3.9
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.9
Recommended:			H3.9 [explanation]

This is 1 of 44 approved meteorites classified as H3.9. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 37:

Date:	Apr 2000
Latitude:	27°02.07'N
Longitude:	16°08.57'E
Mass (g):	158.1
Pieces:	3
Class:	H3.9
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	16.7 (13-19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1 (10-30)
Classifier:	A. Bischoff (Mün) and R. Bartoschewitz (Bart)
Type spec mass (g):	19.5
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	Bart

Institutions
and collections

Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

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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° 2'N, 16° 9'E)
Recommended::	(27° 2' 4"N, 16° 8' 34"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 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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