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Hammadah al Hamra 053

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 053
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 053
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Libya
Mass: 680 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 80	(1996)	L5-6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5-6
Recommended:			L5-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as L5-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB80
  Table 3
  Line 12:

Latitude:	28°52.11'N
Longitude:	13°18.18'E
Mass (g):	680
Pieces:	4
Class:	L5-6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	22.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	anonymous finder
Comments:	br, sv

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:	(28° 52' 7"N, 13° 18' 11"E)
Recommended::	(28° 52' 7"N, 13° 18' 11"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 13.5 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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