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Hammadah al Hamra 239

Basic information

Name: Hammadah al Hamra 239
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 239
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass: 393 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 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:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 286:

Date:	1997-1998
Latitude:	28°28.69'N
Longitude:	13°08.65'E
Mass (g):	393
Pieces:	2
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18
Classifier:	L. Folco and B. Anselmi (MNA-SI)

Institutions
and collections

MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)

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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° 29'N, 13° 9'E)
Recommended::	(28° 28' 41"N, 13° 8' 39"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 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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