[meteorite-list] Dar al Gani ***

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:39 2004
Message-ID: <3A4E3975.DB13C72E_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Bergkotte Meteorites schrieb:

> stone; chondrite; central sahara; 27deg 06 min 30 sec N/16 deg 00 min 60
> sec E; Oct 97.

Yours is probably Dar al Gani 332 or Dar al
Gani 024 or Dar al Gani 025 or Dar al Gani 078!

Dar al Gani 024, H6
Find 1995
27° 06.29' N / 016° 00.68' E
TKW 113 grams
1 piece
Olivine Fa20.0, pyroxene Fs17.4; S3; W3; sv;

Analysts: D. Weber, T. Grund; classification, information and type
specimens: D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Inst. für Planetologie,
Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. The main masses are
with the anonymous finder or at MNB (Met.Bull. 81, 1997, A162-A164).

Dar al Gani 025, CO3
Find 1995
27° 06.29' N / 016° 00.68' E
TKW 483 grams
1 piece
Olivine Fa14.0 (0.4-52), pyroxene Fs6.2 (0.9-42); S2; WG2;

Analysts: D. Weber, T. Grund, K. Zumdick, and A. Bischoff.;
classification, information and type specimens: D. Weber and A.
Bischoff, Inst. für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149
Münster, Germany. The main masses are with the anonymous finder.

Dar al Gani 078, CO3
Find 1995
27° 06.29' N / 016° 03.79' E
TKW 838 grams
1 piece
Olivine Fa18.0(0.1-68), pyroxene Fs2.7(0.4-13); S2;W2

Analysts: D. Weber, T. Grund; classification, information and type
specimens: D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Inst. für Planetologie,
Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. The main masses are
with the anonymous finder or at MNB (Met.Bull. 81, 1997, A162-A164).

Dar al Gani 332, CO3
27° 06.28’ N / 016° 00.52’ E
Find 1997
TKW 280 grams
1 mass
Olivine Fa0.2-51.0; pyroxene Fs0.9-1.1

Analyses by J. Zipfel and F. Wlotzka (MPI), type specimens at MPI, main
masses with finder. Most probably paired with Dar al Gani 005 (see Met.
Bull No. 80 and 81).


> DAG ? stone H6; chondrite; Jamahira; march 97 (TKW 280 gr).

The only DaG in my database that was found in 1997 with a mass close
to the TKW you mention and an H6 classification is Dar al Gani 395.

Dar al Gani 395, H6
27° 45.89' N / 016° 05.18' E
Find 1997
TKW 270 grams
1 piece
Olivine Fa18.7; pyroxene Fs16.5; Wo0.9;

Analysts and locations of type specimens (main masses with finders
unless noted): J. Zipfel - MPI (Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 84, 2000
August).


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Sat 30 Dec 2000 02:37:25 PM PST