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| Basic information | Name: Dar al Gani 999 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DaG 999 Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: Libya Mass:  2.11 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Dar al Gani 999 Libya Found 2000 April 14 Achondrite (ureilite, polymict) Numerous fragments totalling 2106 g were found in the sand desert of Dar al Gani. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB; M. Kurz, Kurz): a fragmental breccia with mineral and lithic clasts set into a ureilitic matrix dominated by large olivines; olivine core, Fa14.3–23.5; reduced olivine rims, Fa2.9–13.5; mineral clasts are pigeonite, Fs14.3Wo8.5 and orthopyroxene, Fs9.3; lithic clasts consist of fine-grained olivine (Fa22) and pyroxene (Fs19.3Wo4.5) rich material; shock stage, S3; low degree of weathering. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 20.8 g plus one polished thin section, MNB. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB87 Table 7 Line 61: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1046 approved meteorites from Al Jufrah, Libya This is 1 of 1569 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 25 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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