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Dar al Gani 985
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 985
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 985
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Libya
Mass:help 96 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 7
  Line 9:
Date:27 Mar 2002
Latitude:26°58.40'N
Longitude:16°32.50'E
Mass (g):96
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Classifier:J. Schlüter (Ham)
Type spec mass (g):9.1
Type spec location:Hamburg and MPI
Main mass:Industrial Research Center (IRC), Tripoli, Libya
Institutions
   and collections		 Ham: Mineralogisches Museum, Universität of Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Feb 2013)
IRC: Industrial Research Center, Tripoli, Libya (institutional 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. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Mineralogischen Museum der Universität Hamburg   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 58' 24"N, 16° 32' 30"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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