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Hammadah al Hamra 244
Basic information Name: Hammadah al Hamra 244
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HaH 244
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Libya
Mass:help 637 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  L5-6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5-6
Recommended:  L5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 71 approved meteorites classified as L5-6.   [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 291:
Date:Oct 1997
Latitude:28°51.09'N
Longitude:13°24.22'E
Mass (g):636.69
Pieces:1
Class:L5-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, and B. Zanda (MNHNP)
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

Libya
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (28° 51'N, 13° 24'E)
     Recommended::   (28° 51' 5"N, 13° 24' 13"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 161 approved meteorites from Ash Shati', Libya
     This is 1 of 1569 approved meteorites from Libya (plus 25 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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