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Dar al Gani 995 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dar al Gani 995 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DaG 995 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Libya Mass: 56.1 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 407 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Dar al Gani 995 Libya Found 2001 January 3 Achondrite (eucrite) A single stone of 56.12 g, partly covered by fusion crust, was found by an anonymous finder in the sand desert of Dar al Gani. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB; M. Kurz, Kurz): the specimen has subophitic texture with plagioclase laths embedded in exsolved Ca-pyroxene, augite and silica; several areas of the meteorite are recrystallized; plagioclase, An89.5 (range An88.4–90.6); exsolved Ca-pyroxene with pigeonite lamellae, Fs51.8–60Wo5–15.2 and augite lamellae, Fs31– 34.2Wo37.3–40.5; unexsolved augite Fs30.7Wo40.6; minor phases include orthopyroxene, ilmenite and Ti-rich chromite; plagioclase contains small crystallographically orientated inclusions of augite, pigeonite and silica; augite contains small plagioclase and Ti-rich chromite inclusions; the sample appears unbrecciated in thin section; low degree of shock; low degree of weathering. Specimens: type specimen, 11.6 g, plus one polished thin section, MNB; main mass with anonymous finder. | ||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB87 Table 7 Line 57: |
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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 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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