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Hammadah al Hamra 127

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 127
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 127
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass: 186 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	LL6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 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:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 8:

Latitude:	28°29.06'N
Longitude:	12°51.45'E
Mass (g):	186
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	32.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	26.3
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	anonymous finder or at MNB
Comments:	sv

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° 29' 4"N, 12° 51' 27"E)
Recommended::	(28° 29' 4"N, 12° 51' 27"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 12.2 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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