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Hammadah al Hamra 195
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 195
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 195
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Libya
Mass:help 85 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  L4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 179:
Date:1996
Latitude:28°50.63'N
Longitude:12°32.19'E
Mass (g):85
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):24.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.1
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° 51'N, 12° 32'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 50' 38"N, 12° 32' 11"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km 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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