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Dar al Gani meteorite  which depends on its composition           during meteor phase which depends on compositionDar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert  based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  DaG    lower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg       in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude   often minerals not found on EarthSahara meteoritewhen the meteorite was found   1691directly proportional to initial velocity   
LL4 chondrite20 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieslow2 % by volumein weight %the range over at which the alteration took placeoldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volume lowless than 5 % mean deviationssecondary, grains than 2 micronsin weight %about 2 %high because it is more friable than iron meteoritestrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitythermal metamorphismproviding insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurreddevitrified, absent  definition goes here 60 to 80 % by volume85.7 % of meteorite fallsmost common chondrite observed from fallschondrules well defined 124 kggreater than 20 % monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diametertransparent, recrystallized, small crystalsweakwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism10 to 15 % by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeless than 0.2 % by weight4greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshipbronzite, olivine and minor oligoclasetype 4 chondrite less than 1.5 % by weight  2high because it is more friable than iron meteoriteamphoterite0.9 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight
DaG 29820 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieswhich depends on its composition2 % by volumein weight %the range over at which the alteration took placeoldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volumeDar al Gani meteoritelowless than 5 % mean deviationssecondary, grains than 2 micronsin weight %about 2 %during meteor phase which depends on compositionDar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desertthermal metamorphismproviding insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidDaG 298devitrified, absentcan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsW0definition goes hereDaG60 to 80 % by volume most common chondrite observed from fallschondrules well definedlower because the fall was not witnessed124 kggreater than 20 % monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diametertransparent, recrystallized, small crystalsweakwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism10 to 15 % by volume26° 58.20' N., 16° 42.28' E.less than 0.2 % by weight4greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshipbronzite, olivine and minor oligoclase 1997less than 1.5 % by weight2.459 kg
2directly proportional to initial velocityamphoterite0.9 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight

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