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Dar al Gani 1026
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 1026
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 1026
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass:help 214 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 787 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 21:
Date:Oct 1999
Latitude:26°54.42' N
Longitude:16°40.89' E
Mass (g):214
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):23.8±8.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.0±13.7
Classifier:P. Sipiera, PSF
Type spec mass (g):43
Main mass:Huss
Comments:-
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 54' 25"N, 16° 40' 53"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
     This is 1 of 1530 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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