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Dar al Gani 250
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 250
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 250
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 57 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  CK
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CK
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CK4/5
Recommended:  CK4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as CK4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 102:
Date:1997
Latitude:27°13.10'N
Longitude:16°15.25'E
Mass (g):57
Pieces:1
Class:CK
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):31.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.7
Classifier:Analyses by D. Weber, K. Pollok, A. Jäckel, L. Niemann and T. Grund, and classifications by D. Weber and A. Bischoff (Mün),
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder or at MNB
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Erich Haiderer   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 13'N, 16° 15'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 13' 6"N, 16° 15' 15"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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