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Dar al Gani 632
Basic information Name: Dar al Gani 632
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DaG 632
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Libya
Mass:help 340 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL3.2-3.4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  LL3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3.3
Recommended:  LL3.3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as LL3.3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB84
  Table 8
  Line 75:
Date:1998
Latitude:26°54.46'N
Longitude:16°42.10'E
Mass (g):340
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):4.7-35.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.7
Classifier:A. Sexton (OU)
Comments:subtype 3.2-3.4
Institutions
   and collections		 OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Christian Anger (Austromet)   
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ale bartolommei-giulio M.   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (26° 54'N, 16° 42'E)
     Recommended::   (26° 54' 28"N, 16° 42' 6"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 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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