Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Dar al Gani 323

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Dar al Gani 323

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 323
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 323
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 2.71 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	L4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2051 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 131:

Date:	1997
Latitude:	28°18.00'N
Longitude:	15°43.05'E
Mass (g):	2711
Pieces:	many
Class:	L4
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	23.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.7
Classifier:	J. Zipfel and F. Wlotzka (MPI),
Type spec location:	MPI
Main mass:	finder

Institutions
and collections

MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(28° 18'N, 15° 43'E)
Recommended::	(28° 18' 0"N, 15° 43' 3"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 81.4 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
This is 1 of 1547 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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