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Hammadah al Hamra 117

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 117
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 117
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass: 572 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	L5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 4:

Latitude:	28°49.97'N
Longitude:	13°08.31'E
Mass (g):	572
Pieces:	3
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	25.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.8
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	anonymous finder or at MNB

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)

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Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(28° 49' 58"N, 13° 8' 19"E)
Recommended::	(28° 49' 58"N, 13° 8' 19"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 12.1 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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