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Hammadah al Hamra 181
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 181
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 181
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Libya
Mass:help 1133 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 81  (1997)  LL4-6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4-6
Recommended:  LL4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as LL4-6.   [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 35:
Latitude:28°35.07'N
Longitude:12°54.27'E
Mass (g):1133
Pieces:2
Class:LL4-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.8
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° 35' 4"N, 12° 54' 16"E)
     Recommended::   (28° 35' 4"N, 12° 54' 16"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 8.9 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 214 approved meteorites from Gharyan, Libya (plus 16 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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