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Dar al Gani 661
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 661
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 661
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 23 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 649 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 3
  Line 41:
Date:Nov 1999
Latitude:27°03'N
Longitude:16°23'E
Mass (g):23
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:fairly
Fayalite (mol%):20
Ferrosilite (mol%):14
Classifier:L. Folco and C. Ferraris (MNA-SI)
Main mass:anonymous finder
Comments:mosaicized texture
Institutions
   and collections		 MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 3'N, 16° 23'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 3'N, 16° 23'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1547 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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