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Hammadah al Hamra 225
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 225
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 225
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 2.47 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  H4-5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4-5
Recommended:  H4-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 85 approved meteorites classified as H4-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 282:
Date:1997
Latitude:28°57.56'N
Longitude:12°20.04'E
Mass (g):2469
Pieces:2
Class:H4-5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2
Classifier:J. Zipfel and St. Schiermeyer (MPI)
Comments:br, sv
Institutions
   and collections
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 58'N, 12° 20'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 57' 34"N, 12° 20' 2"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 1538 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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