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Hammadah al Hamra 153

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 153
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 153
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass: 50 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	H3.8-4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.8
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.8-4
Recommended:			H3.8-4 [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as H3.8-4.
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 18:

Latitude:	28°36.02'N
Longitude:	13°34.65'E
Mass (g):	~50000
Pieces:	many
Class:	H3.8-4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	H4: 19.3 H3.8: 18.0 (3-24)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	H4: 15.1 ± 3.6 H3: 16.0 (4-40)
Classifier:	D. Weber and A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec location:	Mün
Main mass:	anonymous finder or at MNB
Comments:	br

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
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George Barclay

Geography:

Libya

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(28° 36' 1"N, 13° 34' 39"E)
Recommended::	(28° 36' 1"N, 13° 34' 39"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.5 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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