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Dar al Gani 945
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 945
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 945
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Libya
Mass:help 300 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Eucrite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  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:
  MB86
  Table 5
  Line 22:
Date:25 Mar 2000
Latitude:27°11.32'N
Longitude:16°22.55'E
Mass (g):300
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Classifier:A. Sexton, R. Greenwood and P. Bland (OU
Type spec mass (g):22.72
Type spec location:OU and ENSL
Comments:An84.2-90.2; Oxygen isotope data (I. Franchi and A. Sexton, OU): δ170 =+1.568%o, δ180 = +3.494%o, Δ170 = -0.249; mineral analysis (A. Sexton and C.Smith, OU).
Institutions
   and collections		 ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (27° 11'N, 16° 23'E)
     Recommended::   (27° 11' 19"N, 16° 22' 33"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 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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