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| Basic information | Name: Dar al Gani 976 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DaG 976 Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: Libya Mass:  32 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 34 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Dar al Gani 976 Libya Found 1999 August 20 Achondrite (ureilite, polymict) A single stone of 32.03 g was found on 1999 August 20 in the sand desert of Dar al Gani. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB; M. Kurz, Kurz): a fragmental breccia with lithic and mineral clasts set into a ureilitic matrix dominated by large olivine and pigeonite crystals; olivine core Fa13.4–23.8; reduced olivine rims, Fa1–15; pigeonite cores, Fs17–19.8Wo10– 10.8; reduced pigeonite rims, Fs4.3–10.2Wo3.4–6.7; pigeonite contains up to 1.2 wt% Cr2O3; mineral clasts are plagioclase, An6.4–23.8, and orthopyroxene, Fs0.5–10.2; lithic clasts include ureilite material and fine-grained more Fe-rich olivine-pyroxene material; several C1-like clasts consisting of magnetites, sulfides and carbonates embedded into a phyllosilicate matrix were encountered; shock stage, S4; low degree of weathering. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 7.8 g plus one polished thin section, MNB. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB87 Table 7 Line 50: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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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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