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Hammadah al Hamra 088
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 088
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 088
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass:help 210 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 80  (1996)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [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 47:
Latitude:28°35.09'N
Longitude:13°23.24'E
Mass (g):210
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder
Comments:sv
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° 35' 5"N, 13° 23' 14"E)
     Recommended::   (28° 35' 5"N, 13° 23' 14"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 16.3 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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