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Hammadah al Hamra 160
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 160
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 160
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Libya
Mass:help 434 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 81  (1997)  H3-5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 86 approved meteorites classified as H3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB81
  Table 3
  Line 24:
Latitude:28°36.69'N
Longitude:13°33.50'E
Mass (g):434
Pieces:1
Class:H3-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):H5: 19.2 H3: 18.2 (3-24)
Ferrosilite (mol%):H5: 16.7 H3: 5-34
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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Don Edwards   
Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 36' 41"N, 13° 33' 3"E)
     Recommended::   (28° 36' 41"N, 13° 33' 30"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km 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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