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Daraj 145
Basic information Name: Daraj 145
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 3.35 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 150:
Date:3 May 2000
Latitude:29°38'43"N
Longitude:11°39'53"E
Mass (g):3354
Pieces:73
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):18.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2
Classifier:A. Bischoff (Mün) and R. Bartoschewitz (Bart)
Main mass:Bart
Institutions
   and collections		 Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Matteo Chinellato   
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    (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Ryan Upchurch   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 38' 43"N, 11° 39' 53"E)
     Recommended::   (29° 38' 43"N, 11° 39' 53"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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