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Hammadah al Hamra 060
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 060
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 060
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Libya
Mass:help 648 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 80  (1996)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB80
  Table 3
  Line 19:
Latitude:28°57.08'N
Longitude:13°04.50'E
Mass (g):648
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):29.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.5
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder
Comments:br, im
Institutions
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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° 57' 5"N, 13° 4' 3"E)
     Recommended::   (28° 57' 5"N, 13° 4' 30"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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