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Dar al Gani 998

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 998
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 998
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 3.52 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	H3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Data from:
  MB87
  Table 7
  Line 60:

Date:	1999
Latitude:	27°10.46'N
Longitude:	15°55.23'E
Mass (g):	3522
Pieces:	6
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	0.3-80
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-48
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz, Kurz
Type spec mass (g):	33.4

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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Photos:

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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
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jean bernard Delbauve
Robert Zdancewicz

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(27° 10' 28"N, 15° 55' 14"E)

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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