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Dar al Gani 208

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 208
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 208
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Libya
Mass: 113 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H5-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5-6
Recommended:			H5-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites classified as H5-6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 11:

Date:	1996
Latitude:	27°37.48'N
Longitude:	16°03.27'E
Mass (g):	113
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5-6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, analyzed by D. Weber, L. Niemann, K. Pollok, and A. Jäckel (Mün)
Main mass:	some at MNB
Comments:	sv, br

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 37'N, 16° 3'E)
Recommended::	(27° 37' 29"N, 16° 3' 16"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
This is 1 of 1529 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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