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Hammadah al Hamra 044
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 044
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 044
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Libya
Mass:help 989 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 80  (1996)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB80
  Table 3
  Line 3:
Latitude:29°15.04'N
Longitude:11°15.10'E
Mass (g):989
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):19.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.9
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 80, MAPS 31, A175-A180 (1996)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 15' 2"N, 11° 15' 1"E)
     Recommended::   (29° 15' 2"N, 11° 15' 6"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.1 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites from Ghadamis, Libya (plus 2 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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