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Dar al Gani 768

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 768
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 768
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 77.9 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite-br
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	Eucrite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite
Recommended:			Eucrite [explanation]

This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 129:

Date:	Nov 1999
Latitude:	26°59.005'N
Longitude:	16°28.097'E
Mass (g):	77.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W0
Ferrosilite (mol%):	63.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.4
Classifier:	J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)
Comments:	br, plag: An88-93

Institutions
and collections

Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(26° 59'N, 16° 28'E)
Recommended::	(26° 59' 1"N, 16° 28' 6"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
This is 1 of 1537 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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