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Hammadah al Hamra 202
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 202
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 202
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 386 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 5
  Line 181:
Date:1997
Latitude:28°37.98'N
Longitude:13°13.42'E
Mass (g):386
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):32.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):27
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
Comments:sv
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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Matteo Chinellato      
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 38'N, 13° 13'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 37' 59"N, 13° 13' 25"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 1553 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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