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Dar al Gani 773

Basic information

Name: Dar al Gani 773
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 773
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Libya
Mass: 88.5 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	LL3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 365 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 134:

Date:	Nov 1999
Latitude:	26°57.709'N
Longitude:	16°27.007'E
Mass (g):	88.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	0.4-36.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.8-36.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.2-5.8
Classifier:	J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)

Institutions
and collections

Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(26° 58'N, 16° 27'E)
Recommended::	(26° 57' 43"N, 16° 27' 1"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya
This is 1 of 1516 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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