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Daraj 114
Basic information Name: Daraj 114
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986 or 1987
Country: Libya
Mass:help 85 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 18:
Date:19 Jan 1987
Latitude:29°37'36"N
Longitude:11°41'38"E
Mass (g):85
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):18.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8
Classifier:Data collated by J. Zipfel (Mainz) from various sources
Type spec mass (g):3.7
Comments:An additional 67.94 g at NHM
Institutions
   and collections		 NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
Mainz: 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. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 37'N, 11° 45'E)
     Recommended::   (29° 37' 36"N, 11° 41' 38"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.5 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Daraj K19 (From MetBase)
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