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Dar al Gani 1041
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 1041
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1041
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 169 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 7 Nov 2005
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 1
  Line 4:
State/Prov/County:Dar al Gani
Date:1998
Latitude:27°05.00'N
Longitude:16°03.30'E
Mass (g):169
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Fayalite (mol%):0.4-60.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.8-21.7
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz (MNB)
Type spec mass (g):23.8
Type spec location:MNB
Comments:Mean diameter of chondrules ~140 µm
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (27° 5' 0"N, 16° 3' 18"E)

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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