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Hammadah al Hamra 171
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 171
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 171
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Libya
Mass:help 1195 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 163:
Date:1996
Latitude:28°37.13'N
Longitude:13°21.76'E
Mass (g):1195
Pieces:3
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.7
Classifier:Analyses by D. Weber, K. Pollok, A. Jäckel, L. Niemann and T. Grund, and classifications by 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)
Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 37'N, 13° 22'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 37' 8"N, 13° 21' 46"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
     This is 1 of 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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