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Daraj 141

Basic information

Name: Daraj 141
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986 or 1987
Country: Libya
Mass: 94 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2027 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:
  MB89
  Table 1
  Line 20:

Date:	1987
Latitude:	29°35'N
Longitude:	11°47'E
Mass (g):	94
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	18.9
Classifier:	Data collated by J. Zipfel (Mainz) from various sources
Type spec mass (g):	94

Institutions
and collections

Mainz: 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. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(29° 37'N, 11° 45'E)
Recommended::	(29° 35'N, 11° 47'E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.9 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1540 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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