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Dar al Gani 988
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 988
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 988
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Libya
Mass:help 3.13 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 7
  Line 12:
Date:28 Mar 2002
Latitude:27°04.20'N
Longitude:16°23.59'E
Mass (g):3128
Pieces:100
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.2
Classifier:J. Schlüter (Ham)
Type spec mass (g):87.89
Type spec location:Hamburg and MPI
Main mass:Industrial Research Center (IRC), Tripoli, Libya
Institutions
   and collections
Ham: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 4' 12"N, 16° 23' 35"E)

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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