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Dar al Gani 1070
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 1070
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1070
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 119.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 643 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 26 Apr 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Dar al Gani 1070 (DaG 1070)        27°01.01’N, 16°23.0’E

Al Jufrah, Libya

Find: August 1998

Classification: Ureilite

History: One stone with a total mass of 119.7 g, having remnant fusion crust with a few visible remaining flow-lines, was found by an anonymous finder in August 1998 in the Dar al Gani region, Libya.

Petrography: (A. Bischoff, IfP) The thin section is dominated by medium to coarse-grained anhedral grains of olivine and pyroxene showing grain contacts with abundant 120° triple junctions. Olivine is by far the most abundant silicate, while pyroxene is quite rare. Olivines have thin reduction rims and abundant terrestrial oxides are in the boundary areas. Graphite is present. The sample is strongly weathered.

Geochemistry: Mineral comopositions and geochemistry: (K. Klemm; A. Bischoff, IfP) : Olivine cores are Fa17.7-20.0 (n=4) and the reduced rims have low FeO (down to Fa3.2). Low-Ca pyroxene has a composition of Fs17.2±0.3Wo6.4±0.2, n=3).

Classification: Ureilite based on mineralogy, texture, and mineral chemistry.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Jufrah
Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Date:August 1998
Latitude:27°01.01'N
Longitude:16°23.0'E
Mass (g):119.7
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:heavy
Fayalite (mol%):19.3±1.1 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.2±0.3 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):6.4±0.2 (n=3)
Classifier:K. Klemm, A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):25.0
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:E. Haiderer, Vienna
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Working Name: B.B.; submitted by Ebert S.
Institutions
   and collections
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Haiderer: Erich Haiderer Laboratory, P.O. Box 88, A-1140 Vienna, Austria (private address; updated 7 Jan 2015)
Vienna: University of Vienna, Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, A-1010 Wien, Austria (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 1' 1"N, 16° 23' 0"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1539 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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