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| Basic information | Name: Dor el Gani This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1972 Country: Libya Mass:  2.58 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE DOR EL GANI, LIBYA, IRON METEORITE Name: DOR EL GANI Place of find: Dor el Gani, Libya. 26°57'30"N., 16°02'E. Date of find: 1972 Class and type: Iron. Ni = 7.05%. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2.575 kg Circumstances of find: Found by E. Klitsch in the southern foreland of Dor el Gani. Source: A. Miicke and E. Klitsch, 1976. Der neue Meteorit von Dor el Gani (Sahara). Chem. Erde 35, 169-178. See also Mineralog. Abs. 77, 2044. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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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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