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Hammadah al Hamra 240
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 240
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 240
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 1624 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  L4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 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:
  MB83
  Table 6
  Line 287:
Date:1997-1998
Latitude:29°26.99'N
Longitude:11°21.67'E
Mass (g):1624
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):26
Ferrosilite (mol%):23
Classifier:L. Folco and B. Anselmi (MNA-SI)
Institutions
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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:   (29° 27'N, 11° 22'E)
     Recommended::   (29° 26' 59"N, 11° 21' 40"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 33 approved meteorites from Ghadamis, Libya (plus 2 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1552 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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