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Hammadah al Hamra 148
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 148
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 148
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass:help 15.77 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 80  (1996)  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:
  MB80
  Table 3
  Line 93:
Latitude:28°43.18'N
Longitude:12°51.86'E
Mass (g):15770
Pieces:many
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Classifier:D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:anonymous finder
Comments: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° 43' 11"N, 12° 51' 52"E)
     Recommended::   (28° 43' 11"N, 12° 51' 52"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 12.6 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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